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Loomis pictured in overalls standing next to wooden crates.

1. W.M. Loomis In Front of His Marble Works Shop, Hinton, W. Va.

The building, located on the corner of Temple Street and 3rd Avenue, is decorated in American flags.

2. First National Bank of Hinton, Hinton, W. Va.

Family pictured in front of the house. Subjects unidentified.

3. Miller Home, Hinton, W. Va.

House located on Ballengee Street in the Hinton Historical District.

4. Miller Home, Hinton, W. Va.

A Sunday School teacher poses with twelve young girls on the outside steps. Subjects unidentified.

5. First Baptist Church Sunday School, Hinton, W. Va.

Interior of the hotel. An unidentified employee stands behind the counter next to a schedule of trains.

6. McCreery Hotel Lobby, Hinton, W. Va.

Two undientified employees sit behind a desk in the lobby of the hotel.

7. Opening Night at the McCreery Hotel, Hinton, W. Va.

Colored drawing of the government building. Published by Beckley News Co. of Beckley, W. Va.

8. U. S. Post Office, Hinton, W. Va.

A crowd gathers on the street in front of the building to watch the ceremony.

9. Hinton Post Office Dedication, Hinton, W. Va.

Colored drawing depicting the church building and grounds. Published by Beckley News Co. of Beckley, W. Va.

10. First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hinton, W. Va.

Six unidentified men wearing quarantine masks due to a death from spinal meningitis. The quarantine lasted 30 days for all personnel at the Civilians Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. The CCC constructed projects including bridges, buildings, overnight cabins, retaining walls, roads, dams, towers, picnic areas, and drainage systems.

11. Quarantine at Bluestone Reservoir C.C.C. Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

A group of unidentified workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps pose on the ferry which was built to cross New River to save workers the hassle of having to drive to Hinton and cross the river at the old toll bridge. The ferry then took the men up the Bluestone River where "the clearing of right of way was started", according tot he photo caption.

12. C.C.C. Workers on Ferry to Cross Bluestone Reservoir, Summers County, W. Va.

A group of unidentified men spend time by the swimming hole located on the banks of New River. Here, life saving techniques were taught to the members of the Civilians Conservation Corps (CCC).

13. C.C.C. Workers at a Swimming Hole, Summers County, W. Va.

The unidentified men of the Civilians Conservation Corps pose by the swimming hole off the banks of New River.

14. C.C.C. Workers Sit by a Swimming Hole, Summers County, W. Va.

Two unidentified men working in the kitchen. The camp required two cooks per shift of 24 hours followed by 24 hours off.

15. Cooks in the Kitchen at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Photo caption reads, "Coahes & K. P.'s or dishwashers and dining room orderlies". Subjects unidentified.

16. Civilian Conservation Corps Workers in Summers County, W. Va.

Th men in army uniforms were in control of the (approximately) 175 men at the camp. The other men were from the U.S. Forest Service and were in charge of men at work clearing the right of way for the dam. No funds were appropriated for the construction of Bluestone Dam, so the C.C.C.  Co. 524 was cancelled and all men were transferred to other C.C.C. camps in West Virginia

17. High-ranking Civilian Conservation Corps Members In Charge of Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Civilian Conservation Corps members on the way to clear heavy timber for the Bluestone Dam right of way.

18. Connell Finnell Timber Cutting Crews, Summers County, W. Va.

A dog sits on top of the structure that is the insignia of the Corps of Engineers. This is the only Civilian Conservation Corps camp that the engineers were involved in.

19. Foundation at the Entrance to Camp Bluestone, Summers County, W. Va.

A group of young men stand behind surveying equipment. Subjects unidentified.

20. Surveyors Class at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

Six young men sit behind typewriters. The class cost 50 cents a month to participate in. Subjects unidentified.

21. Typing Class at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

Automobiles belonging to the army, forest service personnel, and corps engineers are parked along the dirt road. The insignia formation is pictured on the left.

22. Entrance to the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Members of the C.C.C. play a game of tennis. Stephen D. Trail, later an employee at Hinton Daily News, pictured shirtless on the right.

23. Tennis Court at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

Football players sit along the bleachers for their team portrait. Subjects unidentified.

24. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Football players sit on the bleachers for their team portrait. Subjects unidentified.

25. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

The Bobcats pose for their team photo. Subjects unidentified.

26. Hinton High School Basketball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Kyle Gwinn,right, and Howard Williams,left, pose together on a field.

27. Hinton High School Tackles, Hinton, W. Va.

The high school football team plays an unidentified team. Players also unidentified. A referee looks on as a player runs with the ball.

28. Hinton High School Football Game, Hinton, W. Va.

The band plays on the field while spectators watch from the bleachers. Referees pictured in conversation on the bottom right.

29. Hinton High School Marching Band at Football Game, Hinton, W. Va.

The high school's football team takes on an unidentified opponent. View from the bleachers show spectators lining the field on all sides.

30. Hinton High School Football Game, Hinton, W. Va.

First row, left to right: David Westfall; Pete Meador; Milton Haskins; Jurd (?); David Medly; Lyn Goins; Eddie Carson; Jack Harvy; and David Meadows.Second row, left to right: Rickie Ratcliff; Beetle Baily; Robbie Ratliff; Buggie Richmond; Mike Rhodes; Sarge Banks; Parker (?); Harold Buckland; Larry Meador; Terry Hamgan; and David Meador.Third row, left to right: unidentified; Lee Smith; Doug Epperly; Stoddard; Bobb Parker; Tom Woodrum; Tom Light; Atkins; Dennis Lindsy; Neal Grimmett; Bobby Joe Johnson; Bobby Brightwell.

31. Hinton Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Writing on back of photo reads, "First church in Forest Hill district was Forest Hill Methodist Church. Erected on this site was a one room log structure used until 1860. This picture presents Forest Hill Methodist Church but on the same site as log church."

32. Forest Hill Methodist Church, Summers County, W. Va.

Looking at the farm house and grounds from a hill beyond the property.

33. Jake Keatley Farm, Forest Hill District, Summers County, W. Va.

Mother of Elvera Fox Porterfield from the top of Pie Hollow. The Roach house is located in Talcott, W. Va.

34. Portrait of Effie Fox Roach

Father of Elvera Fox Porterfield from top of Pie Hollow. The Roach house is located in Talcott, W. Va.

35. Portrait of E. B. Roach

View of one of the oldest homes in West Virginia located near the banks of the Greenbrier River. The home was the sight of a Shawnee Indian attack in 1777.

36. Graham Home, Lowell, W. Va.

Old Kozy Cove, an establish beer joint, is pictured mostly submerged in flood waters. To the right is Route 3.

37. Tavern Flooded by Greenbrier River Flood, Summers County, W. Va.

Creekman, left, is the boss on the Tallery Mountain Road construction. Greene, pictured right, is from the Luther Greene Hollow Surveryor Branch.

38. Oren Creekman and Lonnie Greene Pose Together in Blueston River Country, W. Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Gwinn sit in front of their standing sons and daughters.Mr. Gwinn was a native of Summers county who died suddenly at his home on August 17, 1934. Mrs. Gwinn died after long complications and ailments on June 30, 1937. The Gwinns were devout Catholics and survived by their children: Mrs. Frances Kincaid, of Hinton; Mrs. A. F. Campbell, of Raleigh; Mrs. J. L. Hurley, of Sandstone; J. A. Gwinn, of Sandstone; H. S. Gwinn, of Thurmond; E. W. Gwinn and George Gwinn.

39. Gwinn Family Portrait, Sandstone, W. Va.

Family members pose outside of their log home with a horse. Subjects unidentified.

40. Family Outside of Home on New River Flood Plain, Forest Hill, W. Va.

Keatley, to the left, is the wife of Sheriff Keatley. The two women stand on the sidewalk outside a home.

41. Lennie Keatley and Associate Pictured in West End of Hinton, W. Va.

A man with his hair slicked back stands behind a young girl in a dress, gripping her shoulders. The two unidentified persons stand in front of floral pots arranged outside a house's balcony.

42. A Man and Young Girl Pictured in West End of Hinton, W. Va.

Keatley, pictured in the back, is the wife of Sheriff Keatley of Summers county. In the front wearing glasses is Phillips.

43. Portrait of Linnie Keatley and Blanche Phillips of Hinton, W. Va.

Edgar Bowles, Harvie Fox, and Mr. Mullins pictured with company employees and horses.

44. Anchor Lumber Company at Keeney's Mountain near Sandstone, W. Va.

Picture of an old log home.

45. Log Cabin in Summers County, W. Va.

Houses scatter across the valley.

46. Aerial View of Bluestone, W. Va.

Cranes are positioned at the bottom of the construction site. Houses can be seen in the background.

47. Bluestone Dam Construction, Summers County, W. Va.

Train tracks head toward the mountain which divides Virginia and West Virginia.

48. Alleghany Station Looking East at the Summit of the Alleghany Mountains, Alleghany, Va.

The tall support structure is covered by construction beams.

49. Bluestone Bridge Under Construction at Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.

A crane and other construction equipment surrounds the construction site. The bridge looks at Larkin Meador farm, pictured to the left, and up Pipestem Creek.

50. Construction Site of First Bluestone Bridge at Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, w. Va.

Unidentified persons scatter across the dock and lake shore.

51. Paddle Boat Dock at Bluestone Reservoir, Summers County, W. Va.

Church pictured in the distance. The area pictured is about one mile south of Bluestone River Dam.

52. Low Gap Church on Ridge near Bluestone Reservoir, Summers County, W. Va.

A close-up look at the bent bridge steel.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the mouth of Bluestone River.

53. Bluestone Bridge Steel Bent and Collapsed, Summers County, W. Va.

Looking at the beginning of a reservoir created by the Bluestone Dam. To the right of the area pictured is the mouth of the Bluestone River.

54. Site of Bluestone Bridge Prior to Construction, Summers County, W. Va.

Looking over the reservoir created by  Bluestone River Dam from the dirt road.

55. Site of Bluestone Bridge Before its Construction, Summers County, W. Va.

At the far side of the photo is John Barker's farm in the background. Near the side of the river is Hoke Neely farm at Surveyor Branch.

56. Farms on the Banks of the Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.

Surveying men and their equipment are pictured outside a large white home. Family members stand closely by. Subjects are unidentified.

57. Surveyors and Equipment at a House in Summers County, W. Va.

A group of men and one young boy stand in front of the C. & O. Fire Hose Station. O. P. Garten, husband of Ruby Garten, is third man from right in the back row. The remaining subjects are unidentified.

58. C. & O. Carpenters Force at Avis Railroad Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

Three unidentified men are pictured inside the telegraph office, where the ticket office was later located.

59. HX Telegraph Office, Hinton, W. Va.

Conductor O. J. Hellems, who died October 5, 1973, and sheet metal worker L. M. Reid are pictured.

60. Railroad Employees Sitting on Store Porch, Hinton, W. Va.

Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.

61. Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924  until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."

62. Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia

Three unidentified women, accompanied by two unidentified men, are pictured sitting on the railing of the wooden bridge.

63. Group Pictured on Footbridge in Forest near Hinton, W. Va.

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.

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

Meador wearing a hat and jacket.

65. Ernest Meador of Summers County, W. Va.

Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.

66. Portrait of Mabel Martin Cook of Summers County, W. Va.

Portrait of the older woman.

67. Sally Goff Cook Pettrey of Summers County, W. Va.

Fred and Minnie with sons Fred, Jr. and Brent.

68. Fred and Minnie Cook with Sons at River Ridge near Hinton, W. Va.

Allen and Ernest Meador with Bill Blue take photo in costume at Dodd Studios.

69. Meador Brothers and Friend Pose as Cowboys in Photo Studio, Hinton, W. Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Hughes pictured with their two children outside their home located on the river.

70. Hughes Family of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.

Cecil Meador's sons, Nanes and unknown, pose in front of a parked car.

71. Meador Boys in Gradview Park, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Grant Lilly and his wife pictured with their four children, three girls and one boy.

72. Grant Lilly and Family, Summers County, W. Va.

Children of Jefferson L. "Bun" and Mary Lilly. In the back row, from left to right, is Floyd, Lena (Oakley), Prince, Orpha, Beecher, and Margaret. Bottom row is Nola, Oris, Granvil, Cosby, and Clarice. Oldest son, Oliver, is not pictured.

73. Family Portrait of Lilly Children, Hinton, W. Va.

Jefferson and his wife, Mary, pictured outside a home. The two are the parents of Prince O. Lilly.

74. Jefferson Levi "Bun" and Mary Catherine Lilly, Hinton, W. Va.

Looking at the engine sitting on the tracks, following by train cars reading, "Chesapeake & Ohio".

75. C. & O. Engine No. 128, Hinton, W. Va.

The C. & O. Railway Company test-runs its experimental engine, part of its "500 series".

76. Experimental Steam/Electric Locomotive on First Trial Run, Alderson, W. Va.

A crowd observes an early diesel engine at the station.

77. C. & O. Engine No. 500 at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

A. B. Adams and Wm. Henry Arrington pictured beside the engine.

78. Railroad Employees with Engine No. 737, Hinton, W. Va.

Long, on the far right, is Roy C. Long's uncle.

79. Ellery C. Long and Associates Sit on a Cart Beside a Train, Summers County, W. Va.

A group of unidentified persons stands outside the building located beside the tracks.

80. Pence Springs Stock Yards Building, Summers County, W. Va.

Pictured standing from left to right is Walter, George, Harry, Roy, Frank, Raymond, and Cecil.

81. Sampson Brothers of Summers County, W. Va.

Three unidentified women are pictured with the railroad bicycle, or "velocipede".

82. Three Women Posing with Velocipede in Meadow Creek, W. Va.

View of the tracks which split the town. Buildings and homes are pictured on either side.

83. Railroad Tracks Running through Meadow Creek, W. Va.

Looking east to Rainelle, W. Va. from the stub end of the first switchback at Meadow Creek Sawmill.

84. Sewell Valley Railroad near Meadow Creek, W. Va.

"Daisy" Miller Gooch pictured in the fore ground splashing. The girls are relatives of James H. Miller.

85. Miller Girls Swimming in Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.

Unidentified people are lined up against the building, which is covered in American flags, located on the corner of Third Avenue and Temple Street.

86. Rose's Drug Store Participating in World War I Victory Celebration, Hinton, W. Va.

Looking at the building entrance located on the corner of Third Avenue and Temple Street.

87. Rose's Drug Store, Hinton, W. Va.

Postcard published by Tom Jones of Cincinnatti, Ohio. Three unidentified men stand behind the counter on the left while a group of men sit at a table in the background.

88. Rose's Drug Store Interior, Hinton, W. Va.

Horses draped in Red Cross flags pull a cart covered in uniformed persons and decorated seats. The drug store is pictured in the background.

89. American Red Cross Parade Float in front of Rose's Drug Store, Hinton, W. Va.

Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Ballengee, the card reads, "This is our seventh anniversary and we wish to thank you for your patronage and your hearty appreciation of our efforts. Your patronage has helped us to grow and has enabled us to put forth greater efforts to satisfy you with the best of drug store goods at all times at the lowest possible price. We take pleasure in serving you and whether your wants be large or small you always receive the utmost courtesy and attention. Remember our store is always at your service in every way and every time. Yours very truly, Rose's Drug Store."Following the message, Shan Rose has personally signed the postcard.

90. Rose'e Drug Store Seventh Anniversary Postcard, Hinton, W. Va.

The Thayers' from Charleston, W. Va. lived in this cottage before the Sulphur Spring burned it down, according to a description on the back of the postcard.Published by Pence Springs Community Club.

91. Old Log Cabin, Pence Springs, W. Va.

Drawn depiction of the grand hotel building and grounds.Published by E. C. White of Ronceverte, W. Va. See original for correspondence.

92. Pence Springs Hotel, Pence Springs, W. Va.

Pence and Pearl Plumley pictured inside a horse-drawn carriage beside the river.

93. Dr. Pence and Lady Friend Out on Buggy Ride, Summers County, W. Va.

View of the waterfalls from a nearby porch.

94. Sandstone Falls, Summers County, W. Va.

Colored, drawn depiction of the waterfalls along New River.

95. Sandstone Falls on New River, near Hinton, W. Va.

View of the mill located outside of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.

96. Mills and Yard of Sandstone Planing Mill Co., New Richmond, W. Va.