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Note the steamboat on the Monongahela River below Woodburn Circle.
Track foreman of the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill R.R. Drove first spike in road and pulled the last one in 1898.

25. John Noon

'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road.  Taken around 1880-1890.  Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic.  The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system.  (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'
'Cab of junked engine removed and used on other.  John Noon and Pat O'Brian shown scrapping one engine.'
'First Stiles home, looking east from the road near pump station. Torn down about 1950.'
John Schaffer's store which was the last building standing in Volcano, West Virginia.
The second Stiles house on the hill, southwest of Volcano, West Virginia.
'Remains of Volcano in 1907 Looking South.'
'Deserted site of Volcano in 1953 looking south from large tank.'
A gentleman is working with an early oil rig in Volcano, West Virginia.