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The second Stiles house on the hill, southwest of Volcano, West Virginia.

37. Stiles Home, Volcano, W. Va.

John Schaffer's store which was the last building standing in Volcano, West Virginia.

38. Schaffer's Store, Volcano, W. Va.

'First Stiles home, looking east from the road near pump station. Torn down about 1950.'

39. Stiles Home, Volcano, W. Va.

40. Industrial Building, Volcano, W. Va.

41. Barge on Ohio River Possibly Wood County, W. Va.

42. View of Ohio River Along West Virginia Shoreline

43. Scene on the Cheat River near Morgantown W.Va.

44. Scene on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W.Va.

45. Camel Back Engine of Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad, Volcano, W. Va.

'Cab of junked engine removed and used on other.  John Noon and Pat O'Brian shown scrapping one engine.'

46. Scrapping an Engine

'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road.  Taken around 1880-1890.  Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic.  The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system.  (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'

47. Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

Track foreman of the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill R.R. Drove first spike in road and pulled the last one in 1898.

48. John Noon