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169. General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037588
Title:
General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940-1950

170. Loading Dock, General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037589
Title:
Loading Dock, General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940-1950

171. View of General Woodworking Lumber Company from across the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037590
Title:
View of General Woodworking Lumber Company from across the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940-1950

172. General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037591
Title:
General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940-1950

173. General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037592
Title:
General Woodworking Lumber Company, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1970-1980
From the pamphlet "Morgantown West Virginia Past and Present with a Glance to the Future."

174. American Sheet and Tin Plate Company's Works, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
037706
Title:
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company's Works, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
From the pamphlet "Morgantown West Virginia Past and Present with a Glance to the Future."
The Woodgrove Furnace was built, three miles from Ice's Ferry, between 1822 and 1824 by Josiah Jackson, son of Samuel Jackson. This furnace was used to make pig-iron.

175. Woodgrove Furnace, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038671
Title:
Woodgrove Furnace, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1937
Description:
The Woodgrove Furnace was built, three miles from Ice's Ferry, between 1822 and 1824 by Josiah Jackson, son of Samuel Jackson. This furnace was used to make pig-iron.

176. Pieces Iron Ore Found in Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038677
Title:
Pieces Iron Ore Found in Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1937
Pile of lime stones found in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

177. Lime Stone Found in North Central West Virginia

IDNO:
038678
Title:
Lime Stone Found in North Central West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1937
Description:
Pile of lime stones found in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Ward was the labor leader at Sterling Faucet, a Morgantown company that made plumbing fixtures. Information on p. 158 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Jack Ward Jr.".

178. Jack Ward Sr. Labor Leader at Sterling Faucet Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
039526
Title:
Jack Ward Sr. Labor Leader at Sterling Faucet Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Ward was the labor leader at Sterling Faucet, a Morgantown company that made plumbing fixtures. Information on p. 158 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Jack Ward Jr.".
The New Dominion was Morgantown's first daily newspaper. Beginning as a weekly in 1876, the paper start publishing dailies in 1897.

179. Justin M. 'Cap' Kunkle, First Editor of New Dominion Newspaper, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
039627
Title:
Justin M. 'Cap' Kunkle, First Editor of New Dominion Newspaper, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
The New Dominion was Morgantown's first daily newspaper. Beginning as a weekly in 1876, the paper start publishing dailies in 1897.
Fleming and partner W. L. Jacobs started the newspaper in 1876 as a weekly. In 1897 the newspaper began daily publication.

180. Julian E. Fleming, Founder of New Dominion Newspaper, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
039628
Title:
Julian E. Fleming, Founder of New Dominion Newspaper, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Fleming and partner W. L. Jacobs started the newspaper in 1876 as a weekly. In 1897 the newspaper began daily publication.