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This old civil war vet was the last of his family as well as the last of his regiment.

1. Civil War Veteran Visiting Graveyard, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Flood waters seen in Wheeling, W. Va. The water is seen at the top of some buildings and part way up other buildings.

2. Flood, Wheeling, W. Va.

Civil War Map of West Virginia. Showing present counties and county seats 1936. Includes railroads, turnpikes, lateral roads, county lines, states lines, and rivers.

3. Civil War Map of West Virginia

Main Street in Downtown Wheeling, West Virginia is underwater because of the damaging flood of 1936.

4. Flood Waters on Main Street in Wheeling, W. Va.

People are watching a car being towed because of high water on the Monongahela River at Jimtown (Randell), junction U.S. Route 19, state route 7-100.

5. High Water on Monongahela River, Jimtown, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Group portrait of the 1936 West Virginia University Football Team. 'First row (left to right) are Hedrick, Ronai, Nebera, Sorenz, Neilson, Cropp, Atty, Barma, Wendell, Hodges. Second row (left to right) are Baker, Isaac, Eller, Keyle, Schwartzwalder, Gilmore, and unidentified. Third row (left to right) are Phares, McCue, Audria, Moan, DeAngelic, Dickenson, Frantz, Vockin, Faley, and unidentified.'

6. WVU Football Team

'Charles T. Gorby on porch above Gorby Brothers store fills a grocery order by lowering a bucket which has been added to the photograph. Jesse K. Gorby lived his last years in the apartment to the left of the upper porch; From a photograph in the Wetzel County Historical Museum.'

7. Grocery Delivery During Flood, New Martinsville, W. Va.

Buildings on both sides of the tracks.

8. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens, White School and Tipple

Two cars are trapped in the flood waters while a crowd looks on from a railroad bridge.

9. Monongahela River Flood at Jimtown, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Shelves with stocked store merchandise. Mr. Guinn is standing in the background of the picture.

10. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store Stock

Water is receding as people try to clean up the mess. Mud seen on the side walks and on people's clothes. Road is visible now, no longer covered with water.

11. Flood Cleanup, Wheeling, W. Va.

People are paddling boats in order to travel down Main Street in Wheeling, West Virginia during the flood of 1936.

12. Navigating the Flood Waters on Main Street in Downtown Wheeling, W. Va.

13. Flood Waters near Downtown Wheeling, W. Va.

14. Flood Water in Wheeling W. Va.

15. Head House at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Damage to the buildings and electric poles apparent. Poeple stand on the sidewalks and walk down the street in Wheeling, W. Va.

16. Flood Damage, Wheeling, W. Va.

Two people walk across a bridge with flood waters flowing over it.

17. Flood in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

There is a house in the background behind the store. 'Charlie Smith'

18. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store and Office Building

Flood waters sit in between two houses.

19. Fort Seybert Flood, Pendleton County, W. Va.

20. Charlie Smith's Shanty at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Mud and debris seen left after the flood waters receded in Wheeling, W. Va.

21. Flood Aftermath, Wheeling, W. Va.

Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

22. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

House with picket fence separating it from the railroad tracks.

23. Home of Rennie Meeks West of Tipple at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Car parked along a flooded street in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

24. Flood in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

25. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

Damage to buildings, caused by the flood waters, seen here. Waters left mud behind.

26. Flood, Wheeling, W. Va.

Houston Ware getting ready to board the 11:20 a.m. C&O train No. 14.

27. Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14

Flood waters of the 1936 flood in Wheeling, W. Va.

28. Flood Waters, Wheeling, W. Va.

Men in field at Jacksons Mill for Mine Safety Day.

29. Mine Safety Day at Jackson's Mill

Coke ovens, tipple and white school house shown. Jr. Barker is on the bike.

30. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

Damage seen on buildings caused by the flood waters in Wheeling, W. Va.

31. Flood Damage, Wheeling, W. Va.

Tipple with railroad cars underneath.

32. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Tipple

Flood waters engulf the Chevrolet Company building in Wheeling, W. Va.

33. Flood, Wheeling, W. Va.

34. Flood in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

Flooded buildings in Wheeling, W. Va.

35. Flood Waters in Wheeling, W. Va.

Flood waters engulf a house.

36. Flood in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

Flood waters seen rising up the buildings in Wheeling, W. Va.

37. Flood, Wheeling, W. Va.

Flood water flowing through a city area with trees, a park bench, and an entrance with two globe lights.

38. Flood in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

View of coke ovens and surrounding buildings.

39. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

'Colored Church and school house. Corner of coke ovens and icehouse at Fire Creek.'

40. Colored Church, School House and other Buildings at Fire Creek, W. Va.

Print number 203c.

41. WVU Football Coach Ira 'Rat' Rodgers

Car trapped in flood waters.

42. High Water at Jimtown, W. Va.

The Old Market House in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, damaged after the flood of March 18, 1936.

43. Old Market House After Flood, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

There is a house sitting behind the store. Man standing in front of store is Charlie Smith.

44. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store and Office Building

Piles in between coke ovens and railroad.

45. Coke Yard at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company

Smoke rises from the coke ovens. Filled coal cars are next to them.

46. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

Debris left the flood waters in Wheeling, W. Va. People rummage through debris and walk through the neighborhood.

47. Flood Damage, Wheeling, W. Va.

Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

48. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

49. Guy O. Farmer, Rhodes Scholar, 1934, West Virginia University

50. Ironing Demonstration at Boy's State 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

51. Learning Better Grooming and Shampooing at Boy's State 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

52. Manicuring Nails at State Boy's 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

53. Refinishing Furniture at Women's 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

54. Boys Manicuring Nails, Learning Better Grooming at 4-H Camp

55. Five Best Dressed Boys at 4-H Camp No. 2

56. Five Best Dressed Boys at 4-H Camp No. 2

57. Helen Regina and her Family Orchestra, Sprouse Winning Orchestra at 4-H Jubilee

The photo was taken at Mt. Wood Cemetery in Wheeling honoring S. P. Hullihen, M.D., D.D.S. (father of Oral Surgery in U. S. ): some attendees in the picture are identified as follows 1) C. Baxter Morris, D.D.S. President W. Va. State Dental Society 2) G. B. Writes, D.D.S., Pres. American Dental Assoc. 3)Edward P.  Armbrecht, D.D.S. Chairman Hullihen Day Celebration, City of Wheeling 4)F. N. Carroll, D.D.S., Pres. Wheeling district Dental Society 5)W. D. Giesler, D.D.S., Member of  Wheeling District Dental Society.

58. Ceremony Honoring S. P. Hullihen , M.D. , D. D. S., Wheeling, W. Va.

Camp friends and others in the classroom.

59. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Group, Union, W. Va.

Harriet Lyon Jewett from a photo accompanying her April 1936 WVU Alumni reminiscence of life as one of WVU's first female students. Enlarged from Sallie Norris Showalter's copy of the WVU Alumni. Donor: Norris' grandaughter Sallie Showater Barnes.Harriet Eliza Lyon, a transfer student from Vassar College was WVU's first woman graduate. The only woman in the fourteen member Class of 1891, she won the honor of being valedictorian. Born in Fedonia, New York, she moved to Morgantown with her family in 1867 when her father, Franklin Smith Lyon, accepted a position as one of WVU's first professors. After graduating from the University, Harriet Lyon returned to Fredonia and married Franklin Jewett, a professor of science at the Fredonia Normal school. She raised four children and was active as a musician, singer, composer, and community leader. Harriet Lyon was a grandniece of Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.

60. Portrait of Harriet Lyon, West Virginia University

"Cowboy" Loye Pack and family, including his 2 year old son, Gerald Malcolm Pack. Performed at WWVA Wheeling or WMMN Fairmont.

61. Radio Performer, Cowboy Loye Pack and His Family

62. Davis & Elkins Campus, Elkins, Randolph County, W. Va.

"The Virginian 102" was part of the Virginian Railway spur line that transported bituminous coal from southern West Virginia, 1909 to 1959.

63. Virginian Railway Stock at Mullens, W. Va.

This is the school building that was built to combine Cool Spring and Mt. View schools. No longer standing.

64. Mt. View, Monongalia County

65. Mike Trulos-Assistant Chef at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in W. Va,

Interior of the house, west end of north wall of room to right of "?". Also known as Shepard Hall, the structure was built in 1798 by Moses Shepard.

66. Monument Place, Elm Grove in Wheeling, W. Va.

View from the southwest.

67. Effie McIntyre Home, Kearneysville, W. Va.

View of outbuilding from south-east.

68. Traveler's Rest Slave Quarters, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

69. Level Green Slave Quarters Outbuilding, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Also known as the Fairfax Grant Stock Farm, built ca. 1775.

70. Nathan Haines House, Summit Point, W. Va.

Outbuilding which is probably a meat house on a large farm, viewed from the south-west.

71. Meathouse, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

View of the Horatio Gates home from the north-east.

72. Traveler's Rest, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

73. Osborn House, Shenandoah Junction, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Named Falling Spring and located near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The structure was built by Jacob Morgan in 1841. Viewed from the south-east.

74. Jacob Morgan Steptoe House, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Built by Samuel Washington, younger brother of George Washington in 1770. Viewed from the north-west.

75. Harewood Near Charles Town, W. Va.

Built by Samuel Washington, younger brother of George Washington, in 1770. View from the south-east.

76. Harewood Near Charles Town, W. Va.

Built by John Thornton Augustine Washington, grand-nephew of George Washington, in 1825. View from the south-east.

77. Cedar Lawn, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Located near Leetown and built in 1835 by Federal Judge Henry St. George Tucker. View from the south-east.

78. Woodbury, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Handhewn clapboard house was built ca. 1751. Peter Burr was first cousin to United States Vice President Aaron Burr.

79. Peter Burr House Near Bardane, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

John Worthington built the original structure in 1735. Dr. John Briscoe remodeled the house to it's present day appearance in 1780. View from the south-west.

80. Piedmont Near Charles Town, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

Handhewn clapboard house was built ca. 1751. Peter Burr was first cousin to United States Vice President Aaron Burr.

81. Peter Burr House Near Bardane, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

The "back House' shown in the is photograph was built in ca. 1737 by Richard Morgan, and grandson, Daniel Morgan built the "Great House" ca. 1800.

82. Rosebrake, Dandridge House, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

East side and north end. John Brown tried and convicted here in 1859. The building was badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

83. Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, W. Va.

West side and (north) back end. John Brown tried and convicted here in 1859. The building was badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

84. Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va.

North wall of the court room on the second floor. The building badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

85. Intrerior of Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va.

North and West walls of main courtroom on second floor. John Brown tried and convicted here in 1859. The building badly damaged during the Civil War and eventually restored.

86. Interior of Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va.

Slave quarters and outbuilding viewed from the South East. Also known as the R. Lucas House.

87. Elmwood Slave Quarters, Jefferson Co., W. Va.

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of the Stadion of Olympiade. This area was not badly damaged during the war, and was taken over in 1945 as the headquarters of the British military contingent in Berlin. Returned to German control in the mid-1990s, much of this area remains today as it did in 1936, still a sports center.

88. Stadion of Olympiade, Berlin, Germany

A raumbild-verlag (stereocard) of the Stadion of Olympiade, Hous of German sports. This area was not badly damaged during the war, and was taken over in 1945 as the headquarters of the British military contingent in Berlin. Returned to German control in the mid-1990s, much of this area remains today as it did in 1936, still a sports center.

89. Stadion of Olympiade, Hous of German Sports, Berlin, Germany

Marshall Burns outbuilding viewed from S.W.

90. Beverley Out Building, Rt. 340, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Originally built in 1750, Beverley has been remodeled several times. Near Rippon, West Virginia.

91. 'Beverley' on Berryville Rd., Jefferson County, W. Va.

Also known as the Vinton Farm, the house was built in 1840.

92. Jack Manning House, Berryville Rd., Charles Town, W. Va.

View from the N.W. of the log house.

93. Henry Henderson House, Jefferson County, W. Va.

94. Old Stone Tavern, New Creek, Mineral Co., W. Va.

A Georgian style mansion built in 1840 by Bushrod C. Washington, grand nephew of George Washington.

95. 'Claymont Court', Jefferson County, W. Va.

96. Old Stone Tavern, New Creek, Mineral County, W. Va.