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Log Loader and train engine transporting lumber. Four men standing on logs.

1. Nicholas County Pardee and Curtin Operations

The logger identified in this image, John Hinkle was born August 23, 1856 in Braxton County, W. Va. and later moved to Webster County where he married his wife Eliza Ann Anderson on August 19,1876.  They established their home on Holly River, which would later be known as Wheeler.  John Hinkle was reported to have been a businessman, farmer, jeweler, and photographer.  He also started a general store, A.J. Hinkle and Son, in Wheeler, and was Postmaster at Wheeler Post Office from 1905 until 1913 when his son, Perry, succeeded him.  John Hinkle died October 8, 1930 in Webster County, W. Va. and is buried at the Alexander Anderson Cemetery.(source: genealogy research of Sherry P. Gallagher-Jaffre)

2. Logger, John Hinkle, Posing with a Large Poplar Log Near the Holly River, Webster County, W. Va.

Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, Nicholas County.

3. Loggers Operating a Log Crane

Three men standing atop piles of logs. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

4. Log Yard on Holly River

Train track in the middle of forest in Nicholas County.  Man and dog standing beside the track.

5. Railroad Tracks Two Miles North of Curtin, W. Va. on the Cherry River, Nicholas County

Loggers pose atop a large pile of logs.

6. Logging Scene in Nicholas County

Men stand amongst wreckage.

7. Train Wreck in Nicholas County

A Logger for Pardee and Curtin relaxes on stump of a felled white oak tree to compared the width of the tree to the height of the man.

8. Felled White Oak Tree, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Teamster riding a log pulled by his team of horses, Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

9. Skidding in Nicholas County

American Model D Log Loader holding up a log and two crew members.  Two other men standing on a log.  Train engine with man in the cab also present.  Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

10. Loading Logs in Nicholas County

Two crew members pose on top of log pile in water; Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

11. Logging Scene in Nicholas County

Railroad tracks and Pardee and Curtin Mill in Curtin, W.V.

12. Lumber Town, Curtin, W. Va.

13. Sawmill Crew Posing in Front of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Mill

Lumber mill and lumber pond, Pardee and Curting Lumber Company.

14. Mill at Curtin, W. Va.

Shay locomotive and fully loaded log cars on a bridge over the Cherry River in Nicholas County, W. Va.

15. Scenic View of a Shay Locomotive and Fully Loaded Log Carts on a Bridge Over the Cherry River in Nicholas County, W. Va.

Miners operating a cutting machine.

16. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

17. Curtin Lumber Mill, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Unidentified workers pose on a platform at the mill.

18. Pardee & Curtin Lumber Mill, Nicholas County, W. Va.

The Cherry River flows by the lumber mill.

19. Lumber Mill, Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Located on the Cherry River.

20. Lumber Mill, Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Owned by McGraw and Curtin, the line ran through Braxton and Webster Counties.

21. West Virginia Midland Railway, Central W. Va.