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

1. Nicholas County Pardee and Curtin Operations

IDNO:
000213
Title:
Nicholas County Pardee and Curtin Operations
Date:
1910
Description:
Log Loader and train engine transporting lumber. Four men standing on logs.
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.

IDNO:
000494
Title:
Logger, John Hinkle, Posing with a Large Poplar Log Near the Holly River, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
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)
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, Nicholas County.

3. Loggers Operating a Log Crane

IDNO:
000495
Title:
Loggers Operating a Log Crane
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, Nicholas County.
Three men standing atop piles of logs. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.

4. Log Yard on Holly River

IDNO:
000496
Title:
Log Yard on Holly River
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Three men standing atop piles of logs. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company.
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

IDNO:
000534
Title:
Railroad Tracks Two Miles North of Curtin, W. Va. on the Cherry River, Nicholas County
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Train track in the middle of forest in Nicholas County. Man and dog standing beside the track.
Loggers pose atop a large pile of logs.

6. Logging Scene in Nicholas County

IDNO:
000535
Title:
Logging Scene in Nicholas County
Date:
1912
Description:
Loggers pose atop a large pile of logs.