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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