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'Passenger train on the W. Va. and Pittsburgh Railroad on the grade between Hendricks and Thomas in Tucker County.  This became a B. & O. branch. O. Homer Floyd Fansler.'

1. West Virginia and Pittsburgh Passenger Train, Tucker County, W. Va.

'View of Brooklyn Heights, an incorporated town in Tucker County, W. Va. from 1905-1914.  The town was noted for its iniquity where sin and gin and robbery and murder prevailed.  O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va. is written on the back of the photo.'<br />

2. Bird's Eye View of Brooklyn Heights, Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

3. Dooley Square, Sixth Street in the Town of Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

4. First Street, Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

5. Fairfax Stone, Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

6. Town of Hendricks, Tucker County, W. Va.

Supplying water to the city of Parsons, W. Va.  Built in 1937. 'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

7. Dam on Elk Lick Creek in Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

8. Tannery at Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

9. Falls of Red Creek near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

'An example of soil erosion in Tucker County, W. Va. caused by the depletion of the virgin forests by the early lumbering industries in the county. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va. is written on the back of the photo.'

10. Example of Soil Erosion in Tucker County, W. Va.

Street scene after the flood on Shaver's Fork River. 'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va. is written on the back of the photo.'

11. First and Water Streets, Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.

'Picture was taken from the grade school hill. K of P Building No. 1.  Advocate Building No. 2.  O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.' is written on the back of the photo.

12. Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.

'The Dorman Woolen Mill in Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va., built in 1922, is one of only two industries left in Tucker Co., the other is a tannery at Parsons.   O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va. is written on the back of the photo.'

13. Dorman Woolen Mill in Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.

'A view of Blackwater Falls in Tucker County, West Virginia, before the Virgin Timber was removed. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.'

14. Blackwater Falls near Davis, Tucker County, W. Va.

'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.'

15. Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

Entrance Gate to the Monongahela National Forest in winter, located 5 miles east of Elkins, W. Va. on U. S. No. 33.  (The gateway was constructed of stone taken from the chimneys of the Ezekial Harper Homestead on Clover Run in Tucker County.) O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.

16. Entrance Gate to the Monongahela National Forest near Elkins, W. Va.

City of Elkins float featuring Queen Silvia in the Forest Festival Parade in Elkins, West Virginia.

17. Forest Festival Parade, Elkins, W. Va.

The town of Elkins, West Virginia, located in Randolph County. 'O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.'

18. Elkins, W. Va.

Lumber piles beside a train track.  Man sitting on top of one lumber pile.  Original from Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

19. Lumber Yard in Tucker County, W. Va.

Cass, W.Va.  Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump.  Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV

20. Shay No. 2 (Pulp train) on Cheat Mountain

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

21. High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

22. Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It

Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.  Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods.  In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass.  Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection

23. Starcher Brothers and Horse Teams

Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.

24. Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers