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Pictured are Prince and Gypsy, the team of Professor N. N. McGrew, a bookseller who travelled the Appalachian region selling copies of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

1. Professor N. N. McGrew's Pilgrim Team

General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, who settled in Wheeling, W. Va. and was a Union general during the Civil War, is shown mounted on his horse Philippi.

2. General Benjamin Franklin Kelley

Five people pose in front of a large barn-like structure in rural Preston County, W. Va.

3. Painters' Mill, near Amboy, W. Va.

Text on the front and back reads, "This was an undershot water powered mill. The dam was located near the E. H. Simpson property. The mill was owned by William Matlick at the time it burned. The mill was located at Marquess, W. Va. The small part on the right built between 1825-1830."

4. The William Marquess Mill, Marquess, W. Va.

A view of Bruceton Mills, showing the town's schoolhouse and churches in the foreground.

5. Bruceton Mills, Preston County, W. Va.

Two men pose in a boat in front of a covered bridge on the Cheat River.

6. Cheat River Covered Bridge, Camp Dawson, Preston County, W. Va.

Text on the back reads, "Thornsbury Bailey Brown, 5/13/1829 - 5/22/1861. First Union soldier killed in Civil War - buried National Cemetery - Grafton, W. Va. Photo supplied by great-great granddaughter Melba Pender Zinn."

7. Thornsbury Bailey Brown

8. Colonel Henry Cale

A view of a viaduct over the Cheat River on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

9. Cheat River Viaduct, W. Va.