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"Apparently Cheat River." Rufus A. West, 170 Spruce St. Morgantown, W.Va.

73. View of Cheat River

74. Cheat River Valley

'Neath the Golden Sunlight Shining, Mirrored Landscapes are Reclining, on the Winding River Cheat.'

75. View of Cheat River

Two ladies and a gentleman.

76. Group posed on Rocks along the Cheat River, West Virginia

Two ladies and a gentleman.

77. Group Posed on a Rock along the Cheat River, West Virginia

78. View Along Cheat River

79. View of Cheat River

80. View of Cheat River near Mt. Chateau, Monongalia County, W. Va.

'Chapter 42, page 564.'

81. Fishing in Shavers Fork of Cheat River

'This stupendous bit of masonry was one of the greatest achievements of early railroading.  It was built as a retaining wall for the bed of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by Benjamin H. Latrobe, along the Cheat River, near Rowlesburg, W. Va., enabling the railway to cling safely to the side of the mountain.'

82. Locomotive Passing Buckhorn Wall Along the Cheat River Near Rowlesburg, W. Va.

Copied from Pangborn, J. G.'s Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 273.

83. Cheat River near Rowlesburg, W. Va.

A locomotive engine on B. & O. R. R. near Buckhorn wall ( a part of 17 mile grade on Cheat River) in Preston county.

84. Locomotive at Buckhorn Wall on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Preston County, W. Va.