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You searched for: Corporate Names Babcock Lumber and Boom Company. Remove constraint Corporate Names: Babcock Lumber and Boom Company. Date ca. 1900 Remove constraint Date: ca. 1900 Geographic Names Tucker County (W. Va.) Remove constraint Geographic Names: Tucker County (W. Va.)
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The Blackwater Boom and Lumber Company run until 1907, when the Babcock Lumber and Boom Company from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bought the mill.This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.