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"Grafton: Junction of Baltimore [and] Ohio with Northwestern Virginia Railroad. 279 miles from Baltimore. The Road to Wheeling is seen in the foreground, while the Road to Parker-burg crosses the Tygart's Valley River by the new Iron Bridge. The Road Workshops and the new Hotel are seen in the forks."

1. Grafton, W. Va.

A close-up view of a Grafton Historic Marker, in Grafton, W. Va. 'Grafton: William Robinson preempted Buffalo Flats, site of Grafton, in 1773. Here is only National cemetery in State. Former home of John T. McGraw, financier, and Melville Davisson Post, author. Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day, lived here.'

2. Grafton Historic Marker, Grafton, W. Va.

Drawing of Grafton City Hospital, in Grafton, West Virginia.

3. Grafton City Hospital, Grafton, W. Va.

View of the Loar Memorial Main Gate Bluemont Cemetery, in Grafton, West Virginia. The cemetery is located at 1 W. Main Street, Grafton, WV 26354.

4. Loar Memorial Main Gate at Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, W. Va.

Postcard of buildings and carriages on Main Street looking East in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia.

5. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va. Looking East

View of the Administration Building of the W. Va. Industrial School for Boys in Grafton, West Virginia.

6. Administration Building, W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Grafton, W. Va.

A map of Grafton, County Seat of Taylor County by T. M. Fowler. The map includes Tygarts Valley River and Three Fork Creek as well as the Court House, Schools, Churches, Central Hotel, Shackelford Son and Co. Planing Mill, Crystal Ice Co., and National Cemetery.

7. Fowler Map of Grafton, W. Va.

Benches and the office window inside the train station at Grafton, W. Va.

8. Interior of Train Station, Grafton, W. Va.

View of Grafton, West Virginia.  Railroad tracks in foreground. There are bridges - one being demolished, businesses, and houses along the river.

9. Grafton, W. Va.

View of Henri Jean Mugler's home in Grafton, West Virginia.

10. Mugler Home in Grafton, W. Va.

Cranes sit near a bridge that is being demolished in Grafton, West Virginia.

11. Demolition of Bridge in Grafton, W. Va.

Interior of a Sunday school room in Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton where Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, mother of Anna Jarvis (Mother's Day Founder) taught primary school children.

12. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Room, Grafton, W. Va.