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Agricultural land being stripped by the C and P Coal Company in Taylor County. After mining, this land will be leveled and sloped for drainage, then restored to productive farm cover.
Zinn is pictured a soldier's uniform beside an American flag. Zinn is from North Central West Virginia, which includes Monongalia, Taylor and Barbour counties.
The church was first built in 1857 as a log building. The church moved in 1884 and a new building was built by the community.
The church was organized in 1856.
The Claysville community first started gathering when a church was built in 1802.  In 1857 the Union Baptist Church was built. It later rebuilt in 1887 after a fire.
The church was organized as a part of the Simpson Creek Church in the Bailey Settlement in a circuit of churches in 1837.  A log meeting house was built in 1940.  The present building was built in 1903. The name of the church changed to Bailey Memorial in 1939.
The church was first called Booths Creek and later changed to Middleville.  It was organized in 1825.
The church was established in 1811 and the building served as a community "Meeting House" as well as a school.
The church was established in the 1850's when Irish and German settlers came to the town of Grafton to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).
The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.
The church was originally established as the Fetterman Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 and is the "Mother of Methodism" in the area.
The church was established in 1858.
This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.
The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.
The church was organized in 1818.
The church was organized prior to West Virginia becoming a state in 1821 in what was then known as Williamsport, Virginia.
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West Virginia's largest tourist camp and restaurant, 37 miles west of Grafton, West Virginia.
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Caption on postcard reads: "This flood control dam is located 3 miles west of Grafton, W. Va. Length: 1,600 feet. Height: 265 feet. Shore Line of Lake: 68.6 miles. Total cost of dam: $8,762,098.22. Total Cost of project: $18,300,000." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Postcard depicts two children overlooking the Tygart Dam.  Children are (left to right) Richard Ware and James Ware, both residents of Grafton at the time of the photo.Published by Rex Heck News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Completed in 1938 by U.S. Corps of Army Engineers. This dam is the largest East of the Mississippi River. It is 230 feet high and 1,921 feet in length." Published by Ellen Jane Wiseman. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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Caption on postcard reads: "Now used as part of State Reform School in Pruntytown for colored inmates." Published by Majestic Publishing Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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Railroad station seen in bottom of picture. The Willard Hotel, being built, is the prominent building in the picture. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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Caption on back of postcard reads: "In this Church at Grafton, W. Va., was held the first Mother's Day Services on May 10, 1908. It is now an International Mother's Day Shrine." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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Gathering of people outside of the United States Post Office building. Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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Palm's Restaurant on the right next to horse and buggy. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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Y.M.C.A. building to the left. Many horse and buggies line the street as people go about their day. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
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L.E. Warthen and Scilorf, one year old.
Overhead view of homes and buildings in Grafton, West Virginia as well as several bridges going across the Tygart Valley River.