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A view of downtown Morgantown looking over the Monongahela River from Westover.

1. Panorama of Morgantown, W. Va.

A group of men pose by a car decorated as a parade float. Note the WVU banner.

2. Parade Float, Morgantown, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1804.  The present church in Jane Lew was built and  dedicated in 1887.

3. Former Congregation Enters Broad Run Baptist Church, Jane Lew, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1804.  The present church in Jane Lew was built and  dedicated in 1887.

4. Former Congregation at Broad Run Baptist Church, Jane Lew, Lewis County, W. Va.

A group of men work on the building's construction. Subjects unidentified.

5. Construction of First Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Erastis Clay Grimmett with wife Liza Ann Buckland, sons William "Forint", Romie, Rushford "Rush", Vergil "Bird", and daughters Minnie and Gray.Liza died in 1936 at the age of 96.

6. E. C. Grimmett Family Outside of Log Home in Elk Knob, Summers County, W. Va.

Richmond pictured in an elegant dress.

7. Portrait of Lura Richmond, Hinton, W. Va.

Photo taken from a tin type. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Odell pose with their daughters Pina Odeell (left) and Fannie Odell (right).  Fannie is the mother of Atley Bowyer.

8. O'dell Family of Summers County, W. Va.

Judy pictured on a horse.

9. Dr. Judy of Jumping Branch Community in Hinton, W. Va.

View of the courthouse from across a dirt path. An empty carriage sits beside a small group of horses.

10. Courthouse Building in Hinton, W. Va.

Two men pictured sitting inside the tiny boat on the river.

11. Ferry Floating toward Shore, Hinton, W. Va.

Steam shoots from a locomotive passing through the city.

12. Train Passing by Lilly Hotel, Hinton, W. Va.

Charlton and his wife, Sally, were parents of Mary Jane Charlton.

13. Joseph Jones Charlton & His Wife, Hinton, W. Va.

Two unidentified railroad employees stand beside Engine No. 201 on the C. & O. Railway.

14. C. & O. Train Passing through Hinton, W. Va.

In the center is Oce Bobbitt. To the right is Bill Echols. The man on the left is unidentified.

15. Early C. & O. Conductors in Hinton, W. Va.

Pack family members pose in front of entrance of a building. An unidentified man is pictured in a horse-drawn carriage right outside the building.

16. Bessie Pack Family Outside of Store in Jumping Branch, W. Va.

Two unidentified men are pulled in small carriage by a horse. Note both log and board structures in the background.

17. Horse-Pulled Carriage Riding Through Jumping Branch Community, Summers County, W. Va.

Men and their cattle pictured in the lumber yard located next to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway station. Note "N" Telegraph Office over the roof of the station.

18. Freight and Lumber Yard Next to C. & O. Station, Sandstone, W. Va.

A full-bearded Charley, left, and Amanda, right, are pictured.

19. Charley & Amanda Carson, Buck, W. Va.

Looking at the building from across a field. A horse and old-fashioned baby stroller are pictured on the right.

20. Summers County Courthouse, Hinton, W. Va.

Two priests and a group of children are pictured on the altar. The priest on the left is believed to be Fr. John Werninger. Other subjects unidentified.

21. St. Patrick's Church, Hinton, W. Va.

The Catholic Church building located on 2nd Avenue & Temple Streets. Note the boardwalk and dirt streets. Brick roads were not laid until around 1907.

22. St. Patrick's Church, Hinton, W. Va.

Where Moose Club was located in 1985.

23. Hinton Academy on Second Avenue, Hinton, W. Va.

Unidentified workers pose by the train.

24. C&O Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

View from behind the Hinton roundhouse. Subject unidentified.

25. Engine 233 on Freight House Hill, Hinton, W. Va.

Two bridges cross the river, connecting the town.

26. Elevated View of Grafton and Tygart River, W. Va.

A three story building decorated with bunting and employees (mostly women) standing at several open windows. A delivery wagon, hitched-up and covered with advertisements is park in front.

27. Interstate Steam Laundry, Grafton, W. Va.

Several people, including workers and children line the sidewalk on the left side of the building which is decorated with bunting and flags. A delivery wagon, hitched-up and covered with advertisements is parked in front.

28. Interstate Steam Laundry, Grafton, W. Va.

Queen Anne style house with unidentified family sitting on the front porch and two girls sitting a buggy hitched to a horse.

29. Residence in Grafton, W. Va.

Store employees pose at the front entrance between the display windows exhibiting several fashionable hats.

30. C. Frank Ellis Millinery Shop in Grafton, W.Va.

Elevated view of downtown Grafton. The courthouse is center-left and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad roundhouse is center-right.

31. Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

Cabinet card portrait of elderly Ann Elizabeth Fisher.

32. Ann Elizabeth Fisher

Note the brick paved street and street car tracks in front of the house.

33. George M. Hagans Residence, Morgantown, W. Va.

According to an 1897 obituary, Jim McCoy was a dentist. He died while in Alliance, Ohio. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning after he drank a "quantity of wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey". He was 50 years old and left a wife and four children.

34. Jim McCoy of Morgantown, W. Va.

Marshall Hagans and his granddaughter, Lillie sit on the front porch of Mr. Hagans home in Morgantown, West Virginia.

35. Home of Marshall Hagans on Main Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

36. Portrait of Braxton D. Gibson in Uniform

Subjects are not identified.

37. Clark Family of Northwestern, W. Va.

38. Portrait of Samuel Boardman Brown, West Virginia University

A public school in Grafton, Taylor County, ca. 1890

39. Public School, Grafton, W. Va.

The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.

40. Portrait of Ruth and Lucy Wood

Election Day or July 4th

41. Large Group of Citizens in front of Court House at Sutton, Braxton, W. Va.

42. Eureka Pump Station on Dolls Run

'Copied from a glass plate negative, November 1976.'

43. Portrait of an Unidentified Woman of Victorian Era, Morgantown W. Va.

44. Family Standing Outside a Log Cabin on the North Fork

'One of founders of Athenaeum'

45. Stuart F. Reed

'1843-1923; daughter of Edwin MacKrille; married Charles Ward'

46. Margaret MacKrille

47. Edwin MacKrille

'Back row: Mrs. S.S. Greene, Jim E. Wing, Gypsy Fleming, Mr. S.S. Greene, a guest of Mrs. Greene, Governor A.B. Fleming; Front row: Edward W. Knight, unidentified lady, Dallas Payne, Ida Fleming'

48. Guests

'(Husband of Nell Grandage Ward)'

49. Clifford Ramsden

50. Carrie Watson Fleming

51. Brooks Fleming, Jr.

Aretas Brooks and Carrie Watson Fleming & their twins, George and Virginia.

52. Fleming Family in Atlantic City, N. J.

'Corn bread breakfast at "The modest brown cottage," A.B. Fleming's home in Charleston, W. Va. While Governor, center back; Walton Miller; 2nd row: Alec Quarrier, George McClintic, Mary Long, George Summers, Brad Clarkson, Minnie Owings (married Clarence Watson), Gypsy Fleming, Bob Ewing, Harrison B. Smith; Front Row: Ida Fleming, neice of Mrs. P.C. Gallaher, Fontaine Brown, Miss Caldwell, Bess Summers, Jim Ewing'

53. Cornbread Breakfast at the Fleming's Home

'10/15/1839 - 10/13/1923'

54. Aretas Brooks Fleming

'Lucy Fleming, sister of Aretas Brooks Fleming, married Frank Stuart.'

55. Lucy Fleming

'(Mrs. James S. Craig) of Nicholas County, author of "The Wonderful Spring and Other Poems" (1903) 47 pps.'

56. Ellen Francis Miller

57. Portrait of Collis P. Huntington

58. Portrait of Collis P. Huntington

59. Students Enjoying Drafts from Keg, West Virginia University

60. J. M. Callahan, Professor of History, West Virginia University.

'Campus of West Virginia University looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street, past the present location of Elizabeth Moore Hall. Note the sycamore tree to the right of center, which is only tree still standing. Beyond it he building is the old Millspaugh home, now site of the President's Home. Taken about 1890.'

61. Campus of West Virginia University Looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street

'Negative by John L. Johnston, print by F. A. Molby.  Johnston named it 'West Virginia Road System'.  L. L. Friend and Friend E. Clark say this was the road past the Experiment Station into Falling Run on the Campus of West Virginia University, about 1890 perhaps.'

62. Road Past Experiment Station, West Virginia University

'University Campus about 1890. Negative by John L. Johnston, Professor in Civil Engineering. Negative and the camera used are now in the Physics Department. Print 20 percent enlarged by Molby, 1938.'

63. Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

'Yoko and the late George Simmins who was janitor here in 1897.  Taken in front of Woodburn Hall.  Simmins is an engineer in Charleston at the present time.  He taught the colored school in Morgantown for a number of terms.'

64. George Simmins in front of Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

65. Drawing of Woodburn Circle and Surrounding Area, West Virginia University

66. Martin Hall and Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

'Yoko and the late George Simmins who was the janitor here (WVU) in 1897. Taken in front of Woodburn Hall. Simmins is an engineer in Charleston at the present time. He taught the colored school in Morgantown for a number of terms.'

67. George Simmins in front of Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

Man is standing near the front porch of Fife Cottage, West Virginia University.

68. Fife Cottage, West Virginia University

Front view of WVU's Commencement Hall upon completion.

69. Commencement Hall, West Virginia University

70. Commencement Hall Interior, West Virginia University

Jack Blair at the bat, a member of the West Virginia University Baseball Team.

71. WVU Baseball Player Jack Blair

St. George Academy stands far out on the right of Main Street, in front of which are two large trees.

72. St. George, W. Va.

73. Customers and Employees at the Western Union Telegraph Office Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

74. Flood Aftermath on the River near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

75. Distant View of a River and Houses Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

76. Sawmill Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

77. Site of Train Wreck Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

78. Railroad Crew Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

79. Railroad Tunnel Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

80. Sawmill near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

81. Houses on Hill Next to River near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

82. Community Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

83. Scene Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

84. Customers in Front of A. Rightmire Store near Grafton in Taylor County, W. Va.

85. Logging Crew and Horses on a Bridge in Taylor County, W. Va.

'Built in late 1880s.  Pictured left to right: Ott Ruddle, Henry Clay Ruddle, Ona Ruddle, Hannah Dean, Luna Ruddle (Byrd), Maud Ruddle, Clara (Ruddle)Ruddle.

86. Henry Clay Ruddle Home, Buffalo Hills, Pendleton County, W. Va.

87. Troops March in Richie County, W. Va.

88. Colvin Pottery at Jane Lew, Lewis County, W. Va.

A view of railroad tracks leading into the Board-Tree Railroad Tunnel near the Wetzel County line.

89. Railroad Tunnel, Marshall County, W. Va.

90. Scenic View of Sherrard, Marshall County, W. Va.

91. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

A crowd of people gather outside the Lumberport Baptist Church in Harrison County.

92. Lumberport Baptist Church, Harrison County, W. Va.

93. African-American Woman and Baby, Morgantown, W. Va.

Man standing with two steer in front of the W. M. Cox Meat Market on the northwest corner of Chancery Row and Chestnut Street.

94. W. M. Cox Meat Market, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two unidentified men stand in the middle of the athletic field near Fraternity Row on North High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. This photograph was taken when the first houses were being built along Fraternity Row.

95. Fraternity Row, North High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

96. Collage of Student Photos, West Virginia University