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Clearing trees to build the new town of Davis.
A barge and packet rest along the Ohio River shore with downtown Wheeling in the background.
Three people drowned in the accident that drew onlookers along the shore and on the suspension bridge.
View from Chapline Street hill behind the Ohio Valley General Hospital.
View from Chapline Street hill behind the Ohio Valley General Hospital.
The "Ben Hur" tied up on Water Street during the flood of 1891. The steamboat packet sank in 1916 on the Mississippi river.
Keystone is being placed in this Main Street bridge. The span is 159 feet.
A mob returns to Parsons, W. Va. from the former seat of Tucker County, St. George.  The mob had taken records from the old courthouse by force.The view is from the corner of Main Street and Second Street, looking northwest down Main Street toward Alum Hill in the distance, which slopes downward to the right.There are two large buildings on the right.  The first one is under construction, and has scaffolding on it.  It was still standing in 2017 and houses the McClain Printing Co.  The second building, which is a little taller, is completed.  This building becomes the temporary courthouse, and the county records and furniture are put into it.  This building was torn down in 2007.
A mob returns to Parsons, W. Va. from the former seat of Tucker County, St. George.  The mob had taken records from the old courthouse by force.The view is from the corner of Main Street and Second Street, looking northeast down Second Street toward the Shavers Fork River and a treeline.  In the top right corner in the distance is a mountain called Turkey Knob.Ward Parsons, the leader of the mob, is pictured in the lower right on a black horse.
Caption under the photograph reads, "One of the first signs of Spring in Wheeling was the Organ Grinder with a monkey. There were German bands that played on the street and passed the hat. Then there were performing bears, gypsies telling fortunes, and fakirs selling trinkets."
The "Valiant" steaming by the Wheeling Wharf. Notice her smokestacks are reclined so she could clear the bridges
Workers stand out front of what appears to be a home goods store.
The caption describes the scene as "Market Street on a typical Saturday morning. The present Market House stands on the same site. Note the man coming down the street carrying two barrels also the beer wagon in the center."
An African-American miner leads a horse and cart of coal out of a mine entrance.
The train was carrying lumber from Robson, W. Va. to a C. & O. station at Deepwater, W. Va before wrecking. J. S. Blake is standing on the wheel near the ground. Also pictured are D. P. Craig, William Darlington, and Pete Foster.
The train was carrying lumber from Robson, W. Va. to a C. & O. station at Deepwater, W. Va before wrecking. Pictured are O. B. Johnson, D. P. Craig, Henry Tucker, J. S. Blake, Albert Pickle, Chet Cooper, Will Hamilton, Tom Berkley, and George Harvey.
The postcard names M. A. Long as the architect of the building, which today houses the West Virginia Northern Community College.
A group of men and boys are lined up on the store's porch. Mr. B. Killy is identified as the superintendent.
Postcard photograph of a dirt paved road to the bridge over Cheat River. A house and a structure with a storefront fascade is situation at the near side of the bridge. Also inscribed on the image, "Published by Dawson and Co. Morgantown, West Virginia".
View overlooking the mine facilities and miners' village.
The Monongah Mine disaster occurred on December 6, 1907 and has been described as the worst mining disaster in American history. An explosion thought to have been caused by the ignition of methane ignited the coal dust in mines number 6 and 8, killing hundreds of workers.
The caption reads: "This scene shows rescuers at work at the mouth of No. 8 mine: broken and twisted machinery shown in foreground to the right."
This engine became snow bound between Thomas and Davis, W. Va.
Observers watch as children race down dirt road atop of Shetland Ponies.
People gather outside of train carts that are off the tracks.
Team portriat of players in uniform, none are identified.
Harrison County Historical Society
Men are gathered outside of the large brick building in which the Beury Brothers Coal and Coke Company store is located. Subjects unidentified.
The New River flowing pass the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the YMCA.
Horse and buggies carry passengers to train headed to Moorefield, West Virginia.
Woman in middle is holding up a sign that reads: "A bunch of dead ones."
View of the town's main street which is situated next to railroad tracks.  The train station is visible at the far left, while businesses line the street.
Men and children stand in front of the remains of the First National Bank building. Large swaths of town were destroyed during the fire.
"Mt Hope W. Va. after the conflagration March 24th, 1910"  The majority of the buildings in town have been destroyed.  A number of brick chimneys are left standing after the wooden buildings burned.
Today this line is owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority, which runs a tourist train,  the Potomac Eagles Scenic Railroad, on the line.
Godfrey Stemple was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Stemple's Ridge in Preston County, West Virginia is named after him.
Group portriat of the team in uniform. None are identified.
The older horse delivery method was replaced by this Ford automobile, driven by Mr. Thompson.
Standing at the gate are Mother, Emma and Andy Oschlager.
Created for West Virginia's Fifty Year Celebration. Also printed on the image, " By Starkey at Rau's No. 25".
House remains today.
Brick structure with decorative wood trim.
The "Improved Order of Red Men" are pictured in the forefront of the photograph wearing sashes. The pastor of this church was J. W. Legg.
Men and women sit outside store entrances on benches and in parked automobiles. Subjects unidentified.
A group of men inspect the damage caused by an explosion at the mine. Subjects unidentified.
View looking down Main Street in the town of Mount Hope.
The nineteen survivors of the Layland mine explosion are pictured together outside of the mine entrance. The accident left 112 miners dead. The mine was operated by the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company.
P. H. Kelly and a colleague stand outside of a dog wagon--a small restaurant often specializing in short orders that occupies a converted vehicle or that is built to suggest such a vehicle.
A large machine paves the roadway of the bridge.
Bank manager Mr. Jeff Tyree is pictured sitting behind a desk inside the bank building.
View looking at the building from across the tracks.
None of the subjects in the photograph are identified.
Children walk two to three miles along a dirt paved road to school in Pocahontas County.
Union miners, involved in a riot at the Cliftonville Mine against non-union miners, were charged and tried for murder. An estimated nine men were killed including Sheriff Harding Duval during the northern panhandle "mine war".
A group of men are pictured on and beside a locomotive. Subjects unidentified.
A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.