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The Midland Trail is a National Scenic Byway and is part of US Route 60 in southern West Virginia. The image was published by Beckley Kodak Service.(from the postcard legacy system.)

37. Midland Trail Near Lewisburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
044185
Title:
Midland Trail Near Lewisburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
The Midland Trail is a National Scenic Byway and is part of US Route 60 in southern West Virginia. The image was published by Beckley Kodak Service.(from the postcard legacy system.)
Postcard reads, "The stone section of this ancient house, two miles east of Staunton, is doubtless the oldest structure in Augusta County. Here lived Col. John Lewis, pioneer settler, who came with some thirty Scotch-Irish about the year 1732, when Augusta was a no-man's land. Lewis, a fine type of frontiersman and one of the first magistrates of Augusta, died in 1762 at the age of eighty-four, his grave being near the house above. His five sons were conspicuous men of their times; Thomas laid out Staunton in 1750, while Andrew was the victor at Point Pleasant and a general in the Revolutionary War." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)

38. Fort Lewis, Near Staunton, Va.

IDNO:
044878
Title:
Fort Lewis, Near Staunton, Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Postcard reads, "The stone section of this ancient house, two miles east of Staunton, is doubtless the oldest structure in Augusta County. Here lived Col. John Lewis, pioneer settler, who came with some thirty Scotch-Irish about the year 1732, when Augusta was a no-man's land. Lewis, a fine type of frontiersman and one of the first magistrates of Augusta, died in 1762 at the age of eighty-four, his grave being near the house above. His five sons were conspicuous men of their times; Thomas laid out Staunton in 1750, while Andrew was the victor at Point Pleasant and a general in the Revolutionary War." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
Meeting of the states of Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Published by Walter E. Dittmeyer. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

39. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
044941
Title:
Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Meeting of the states of Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Published by Walter E. Dittmeyer. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Print number 1287.

40. Marple Chevrolet Wrecking Truck with Tow, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
046304
Title:
Marple Chevrolet Wrecking Truck with Tow, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Print number 1287.
Print number 1282.

41. Chevrolet Parked in Front of Marple Garage, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
046305
Title:
Chevrolet Parked in Front of Marple Garage, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Print number 1282.
Sign in front of building reads: "When alterations are complete S.S. Kresge Company will open 25 cent to 1 dollar store here. Watch for opening announcement."

42. Renovations to Building for Future S.S. Kresge Company Store, Likely Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047038
Title:
Renovations to Building for Future S.S. Kresge Company Store, Likely Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Sign in front of building reads: "When alterations are complete S.S. Kresge Company will open 25 cent to 1 dollar store here. Watch for opening announcement."
Two women pose by their 1927 model car, which is decorated with flowers.

43. Car with West Virginia License Plate and Morgantown Plate

IDNO:
052979
Title:
Car with West Virginia License Plate and Morgantown Plate
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Two women pose by their 1927 model car, which is decorated with flowers.
Text on the back reads, "The Collins P. Huntington Monument. Erected Oct. 22, 1924, in memory of Collins P. Huntington, the founder of the cities of Huntington, W. Va. and Newport News, Va. He was born Oct. 22, 1821 at Harwington, Conn. Through his efforts in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad Company was formed to construct a telegraph and railroad line from the Pacific Coast to Ogden, Utah, to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of this project placed him in the foremost ranks of American empire builders. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company from 1869 to 1887. Died Aug. 13, 1900."

44. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station and C. P. Huntington Monument, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
053792
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station and C. P. Huntington Monument, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Text on the back reads, "The Collins P. Huntington Monument. Erected Oct. 22, 1924, in memory of Collins P. Huntington, the founder of the cities of Huntington, W. Va. and Newport News, Va. He was born Oct. 22, 1821 at Harwington, Conn. Through his efforts in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad Company was formed to construct a telegraph and railroad line from the Pacific Coast to Ogden, Utah, to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of this project placed him in the foremost ranks of American empire builders. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company from 1869 to 1887. Died Aug. 13, 1900."