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Huntington was the president of the C. & O. Railway when the line moved, in 1972, into what would later become Hinton and Summers County, W. Va.Huntington purchased, for the railroad, all the land where the City of Hinton now stands at public auction. He later purchased from the railroad all the land that would not be used by the railroad.

1. Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

Portrait of the wife of Hinton founder, John "Jack" Hinton.

2. Portrait of Avis Gwinn Hinton, Hinton, W. Va.

Mr. Silas Hinton and Mrs. Mary Jane Charlton Hinton were married on December 27, 1872.

3. First Couple to Marry in Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured is the man who owns the farmland beside New River.

4. Mr. Harvey of Harvey Farm in Harvey's Falls, Summers County, W. Va.

Harvey pictured in a suit and bowtie.

5. Portrait of Jim Harvey of Harvey Falls, W. Va.