Men generally did not live in towns when they worked timber. Instead, they came in from outlying areas, lived in groups in barracks, and went home over the weekends. Here they lived in arks on the river.
Rattlesnake Hunters Search a Snake Den on Viney Mountain, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900- 1910
Description:
Pictured- Charles Walton, with dog; Luther Fowler, with gun in rear; Mitchel Blake, with gun, center; Fred Alberts, sitting with stick; Patty Fowler, standing and pointing stick; George Scott, with derby. Two men standing, two men sitting at left are Siler Brothers who ran steam saw mill at Kinnson Sugar Camp, then called Silertown.