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A view of John Brown's Fort in Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
A view of downtown Morgantown looking over the Monongahela River from Westover.
A group of men pose by a car decorated as a parade float. Note the WVU banner.
Daisy Flemming and Grace Hogne, students of a Morgantown school, pose for a portrait
Kidwell, left, and Auvil, right, are pictured together. Della Auvil was the daughter of John and Amelia Harsh Auvil. Della is the niece of Sarah Alice, but the two girls were close in age.
The church was organized in 1804.  The present church in Jane Lew was built and  dedicated in 1887.
The church was organized in 1804.  The present church in Jane Lew was built and  dedicated in 1887.
The man to the far left is Bob Cooper. A young Ben Thompson is pictured in the forefront with his back to the camera. To the left of the horses is Frank Cooper, and to the right of the horses is Jeff Roby. The women are unidentified.This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Ben Thompson was the son of George Thompson. He became a well known farmer in Canaan Valley.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The Blackwater Boom and Lumber Company (also known as the Thompson Lumber Company) was started by Albert Thompson, who brought his family to Tucker County, West Virginia in the late 1800's to take advantage of Tucker County's forests.The company was bought by Babcock Lumber Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1907. The mill closed at Davis in 1924.
Students walking to class in Woodburn Circle area in front of Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
A group of men work on the building's construction. Subjects unidentified.
Erastis Clay Grimmett with wife Liza Ann Buckland, sons William "Forint", Romie, Rushford "Rush", Vergil "Bird", and daughters Minnie and Gray.Liza died in 1936 at the age of 96.
Richmond pictured in an elegant dress.
Photo taken from a tin type. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Odell pose with their daughters Pina Odeell (left) and Fannie Odell (right).  Fannie is the mother of Atley Bowyer.
Judy pictured on a horse.
View of the courthouse from across a dirt path. An empty carriage sits beside a small group of horses.
Two unidentified men and a small African-American boy stand by a horse outside of the wooden building. Here is the location where the Hinton Presbyterian Church is currently.
Two men pictured sitting inside the tiny boat on the river.
Steam shoots from a locomotive passing through the city.
Charlton and his wife, Sally, were parents of Mary Jane Charlton.
Two unidentified railroad employees stand beside Engine No. 201 on the C. & O. Railway.
In the center is Oce Bobbitt. To the right is Bill Echols. The man on the left is unidentified.
Pack family members pose in front of entrance of a building. An unidentified man is pictured in a horse-drawn carriage right outside the building.
Two unidentified men are pulled in small carriage by a horse. Note both log and board structures in the background.
Men and their cattle pictured in the lumber yard located next to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway station. Note "N" Telegraph Office over the roof of the station.
A full-bearded Charley, left, and Amanda, right, are pictured.
Looking at the building from across a field. A horse and old-fashioned baby stroller are pictured on the right.
Two priests and a group of children are pictured on the altar. The priest on the left is believed to be Fr. John Werninger. Other subjects unidentified.
The Catholic Church building located on 2nd Avenue & Temple Streets. Note the boardwalk and dirt streets. Brick roads were not laid until around 1907.
Four unidentified men pose by the building's entrance. The store windows advertise "American Field and Hog Fencing: For Sale Here" and "The Two Johns". This is became the location of Danny Foster's in 1986.
Where Moose Club was located in 1985.
Unidentified workers pose by the train.
View from behind the Hinton roundhouse. Subject unidentified.
Portrait of a smiling, elderly Governor Francis H. Pierpont holding an unidentified infant. Pierpont served as the Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia which was loyal to the Union during the Civil War. He is known as "The Father of West Virginia"
Frank Holme, right, from Terra Alta, West Virginia, was a renown artist and newspaper illustrator. Here he clowns with an unidentified friend in staged photograph.
Frank Holme, right, from Terra Alta, West Virginia was a renown artist and newspaper illustrator. Here he poses with an unidentified friend in a staged photograph.
Frank Holme (standing, far left) from Preston County, West Virginia was a renown artist and newspaper illustrator. Here he poses with unidentified friends, one woman maybe his wife, Ida Van Dyke Holme.
Frank Holme (right) from Preston County, West Virginia, was a nationally known artist and newspaper illustrator. In this staged photograph he pretends to share soup with an unidentified friend.
Two bridges cross the river, connecting the town.
A three story building decorated with bunting and employees (mostly women) standing at several open windows. A delivery wagon, hitched-up and covered with advertisements is park in front.
Several people, including workers and children line the sidewalk on the left side of the building which is decorated with bunting and flags. A delivery wagon, hitched-up and covered with advertisements is parked in front.
Queen Anne style house with unidentified family sitting on the front porch and two girls sitting a buggy hitched to a horse.
Store employees pose at the front entrance between the display windows exhibiting several fashionable hats.
Elevated view of downtown Grafton. The courthouse is center-left and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad roundhouse is center-right.
Cartes de visite of N. H. McGeorge with an unidentified woman. His father married Mary Morgan who was the daughter of Captain Zackquill Morgan II.
Four unidentified women and one man pose for this tintype as one woman strums a banjo.
Cabinet card portrait of elderly Ann Elizabeth Fisher.
Note the brick paved street and street car tracks in front of the house.
According to an 1897 obituary, Jim McCoy was a dentist. He died while in Alliance, Ohio. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning after he drank a "quantity of wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey". He was 50 years old and left a wife and four children.
Marshall Hagans and his granddaughter, Lillie sit on the front porch of Mr. Hagans home in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Subjects are not identified.
A public school in Grafton, Taylor County, ca. 1890
The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.
Election Day or July 4th
'Copied from a glass plate negative, November 1976.'
'One of founders of Athenaeum'
'1843-1923; daughter of Edwin MacKrille; married Charles Ward'
'Back row: Mrs. S.S. Greene, Jim E. Wing, Gypsy Fleming, Mr. S.S. Greene, a guest of Mrs. Greene, Governor A.B. Fleming; Front row: Edward W. Knight, unidentified lady, Dallas Payne, Ida Fleming'

66. Guests

'(Husband of Nell Grandage Ward)'
Aretas Brooks and Carrie Watson Fleming & their twins, George and Virginia.
'Corn bread breakfast at "The modest brown cottage," A.B. Fleming's home in Charleston, W. Va. While Governor, center back; Walton Miller; 2nd row: Alec Quarrier, George McClintic, Mary Long, George Summers, Brad Clarkson, Minnie Owings (married Clarence Watson), Gypsy Fleming, Bob Ewing, Harrison B. Smith; Front Row: Ida Fleming, neice of Mrs. P.C. Gallaher, Fontaine Brown, Miss Caldwell, Bess Summers, Jim Ewing'
'10/15/1839 - 10/13/1923'
'Lucy Fleming, sister of Aretas Brooks Fleming, married Frank Stuart.'
'(Mrs. James S. Craig) of Nicholas County, author of "The Wonderful Spring and Other Poems" (1903) 47 pps.'
'Campus of West Virginia University looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street, past the present location of Elizabeth Moore Hall. Note the sycamore tree to the right of center, which is only tree still standing. Beyond it he building is the old Millspaugh home, now site of the President's Home. Taken about 1890.'
'Negative by John L. Johnston, print by F. A. Molby.  Johnston named it 'West Virginia Road System'.  L. L. Friend and Friend E. Clark say this was the road past the Experiment Station into Falling Run on the Campus of West Virginia University, about 1890 perhaps.'
'University Campus about 1890. Negative by John L. Johnston, Professor in Civil Engineering. Negative and the camera used are now in the Physics Department. Print 20 percent enlarged by Molby, 1938.'
'Yoko and the late George Simmins who was janitor here in 1897.  Taken in front of Woodburn Hall.  Simmins is an engineer in Charleston at the present time.  He taught the colored school in Morgantown for a number of terms.'
'Yoko and the late George Simmins who was the janitor here (WVU) in 1897. Taken in front of Woodburn Hall. Simmins is an engineer in Charleston at the present time. He taught the colored school in Morgantown for a number of terms.'
Man is standing near the front porch of Fife Cottage, West Virginia University.
Front view of WVU's Commencement Hall upon completion.
Jack Blair at the bat, a member of the West Virginia University Baseball Team.
St. George Academy stands far out on the right of Main Street, in front of which are two large trees.