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A small pond where ducks have gathered on the edge by the bank.

1. Ducks on a Pond, a Familiar Scene on West Virginia Farms

North and South Alderson, W.Va. from A. C. I. Hill.

2. View from Alleghany Collegiate Institute Hill, Alderson, W.Va.

Very rocky field that has a hat thrown to the side and a tree in the center.

3. Chert Rock, Best Peach 'Soil'

4. Tents on Camp Greenbrier Camp Grounds, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

View of Greenbrier River from bridge at Alderson.  Road visible in the distance.

5. Looking East at Greenbrier River from Bridge at Alderson, W. Va.

O. Homer Floyd Fansler; Hendricks, W.V.<br />

6. Calfisch Lumber Company Yard at Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

Wyandotte chickens standing by a building on the farm.

7. White Wyandottes, Lawnvale Stock Farm, Putnam County

A very large field that has a bloomed crop of buckwheat.

8. Field of Buckwheat in Preston County, W. Va.

9. Parade of School Children at Kingwood, Preston County, W. Va.

10. Saw Sharpening Machine, Glenray Lumber Company, Summers County, W. Va.

Aberdeen Angus standing next to a fence in Putnam County.

11. Aberdeen Angus Cow, Putnam County

Scenic view of the Cheat River.

12. View Down Cheat River

Customers are standing in front of Dils Brothers and Company in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

13. Dils Brothers and Company, Parkersburg, W. Va.

A winding mountain road towered over by rocky ridges. Copyrighted by Wallace.

14. Cliffs on Muddy Creek Mountain, Greenbrier County

A scenic view of a rural area with buildings in the background.

15. Section of a Commercial Orchard, Apple-Pie Ridge, Berkeley County

A river mirrors the distant bank full of leafy trees and a grassy hill.

16. Greenbrier River, Near Fort Springs, Greenbrier County

Clusters of grapes on the vine.

17. Green Mountain Grapevine

A picturesque view of rolling hills and and fields.

18. Down the Valley from Old Sweet Springs, Monroe County

Now location of Stewart Hall. Through the trees are buildings 'left to right': Martin Hall, Science Hall, and Experiment Station.

19. University Avenue Looking North from Old Library, West Virginia University

A group of pigs searching for food in the pigpen.

20. Duroc-Jersey Pigs, Meadow-Brook Stock Farm, Putnam County

'This is the Eli Rice Canning Factory before 1908-Probably 1907.  I have original of this photo.  I will identify these people as they are identified on the back of an old print of it. The numbers are used to make row identification easier.  First Row, left to right: 1. Austin Newbraugh, 2. Henry Beeler, 3. Joe Miller, 4. Miller, 5. Dewey Rice, 6. Lacy Rice, 7. Miller, 8. Miller, 9. Mason.  Second Row: 10. unknown, 11. unknown, 12. Agnes Dawson, 13. Gladys Ziler, 14. Ziler, 15 Annie Ziler, 16. Fritzman, 17 Fritzman, 18. Ferry Ambrose, 19. unknown, 20 Lillie Miller, 21. Mae Ambrose, 22. Jessie Miller, 23. Miller, 24. Mrs. Eli Rice.  Third Row: 25. Clara Fearnow, 26 Mrs. Kelley Bohrer, 27. unknown, 28. Ruth Ziler, 29. Mrs. John Ziler, 30. unknown, 31. Fannie Newbraugh, 32. Mabel Hinckle, 33. unknown, 34 Edward Miller, 35. Eli Rice 'Owner of carrier', 36 John Ziler.  Back Row: 37. Robert Miller, 38. Chaffie Ziler, 39. Harry Bohrer.  It may be of interest to have further identification of some of these people. 1. Austin Newbraugh was my father. 5. Dewey Rice was assistant cashier of Old Morgan County Bank and later cashier of Citizens National Bank. 6. Lacy Rice was a lawyer, President of Old National Bank of Martinsburg and a one time regent of West Virginia University. 12. Agnes Dawson is still living in Berkeley Springs. 31. Fannie Hinckle is my mother. 32. Mabel Hinckel sister of my mother is mother of 2 prominent doctors - Jay Welch, deceased of Baylor University and Dr. Jack Welch, retired chief of staff at Hurtsler Clinic, Halsatead Kansas.  35. Eli Rice was a farmer, canner and bank director.  The Siler collection that you have some photos from was arranged by me through Lacey Rice as head of the bank settling the Siler Estate.  From Fred Newbraugh. 'Half hidden man with hat in back row - E. Rice.  Man in figured shirt with dog is Austin NewBraugh, his wife, Fanny Hinkel, is looking over shoulder in back row.'

21. Canners at the Canning Factory of Eli Rice, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

Cows eating grass and meandering about.

22. Grazing Calves

Bird's-eye view of Greenbrier River, Main Line C. and O. R.R. and junction of Greenbrier division, Allegheny Mountains in the Distance.

23. Bird's Eye View of Greenbrier River, Main Line C. and O. R. R. and Junction of Greenbrier Division

Flock of sheep and lambs in a field with a man tending to them.

24. Flock of Shropshires and Lambs, Greenbrier County

Man standing next to apple tree in the oldest commercial orchard in the Northern Panhandle.

25. Oldest Commercial Orchard in Northern Panhandle

A beautiful view of the layered mountain folds on the Allegheny Highlands.

26. Mountain Folds on the Allegheny Highlands, Pendleton County

27. Mill Workers of the Commonwealth Lumber Company at Glenray, Summers County, W. Va.

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

28. Calfisch Sawmill at Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

29. Sawmill Crew at Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

A small rocky, mountain stream surrounded by woodland.

30. Cranberry River, 3000 Feet Above Sea, Pocahontas County

31. Camp Greenbrier Campers Canoeing on the Greenbrier River, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Outside of the Beckley Hardware and Supply Co., a local landmark, in the Citizens Bank Building, Beckley, West Virginia.

32. Beckley Hardware and Supply Company, Beckley, W. Va.

Pounding rapids move down the river.

33. New Richmond Falls, New River

Merino Sheep grazing on a hillside

34. Early Spring on a Merino Sheep Farm, Ohio County

35. Graduates in Gowns Stand Below the Alderson Baptist Academy, Alderson, W. Va.

36. Camp Greenbrier Thespians, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

This map shows the various types of apple orchards in the state of W. Va.  The types range from commercially developed apple regions to homegrown apple orchards.

37. Map of West Virginia Showing the Apple Districts

Rows upon rows of onions in a field, with hills and trees in the background.

38. Onions, Glade Lands, Preston County

O. Homer Floyd Fansler; Hendricks, W.V.

39. Log Train at the Calfisch Lumber Co., Hambleton, Tucker County, W. Va.

Figure 1 shows the counties that produce the principle corn and wheat crops. Figure 2 shows the counties that produce the principle oat and buckwheat crops. Figure 3 shows the counties that produce the principle rye and tobacco crops. Figure 4 shows the counties that produce the principle blue grass.

40. Maps of West Virginia Showing Principle Crops

Grassy fenced in hills surround Dougher's Knob. Copyrighted by Wallace.

41. Dougher's Knob, Greenbrier County

42. Engine Room at Commonwealth Lumber Company, Glenray, Summers County, W. Va.

'View from U. Ave end of Martin Hall looking toward present site of E. Moore Hall. Dated by recent planting of trees in picture. Ginko by Martin and Maples along Drivis Way. P.S. Hartman Phys plt'

43. Wooded Area Next to Martin Hall, West Virginia University

(From postcard collection legacy system.)

44. Glass Factories; Mannington, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

45. Bird's Eye View of Mannington, W. Va.

Many haystacks in an open field.

46. Timothy Meadow

Tucker County, West Virginia.  Original source Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

47. Pulp mill at Parsons

A flock of sheep and lambs fenced in a pen.

48. Pure Bred Shropshires of Meadowbrook

A vineyard surrounded by a fence.

49. Vineyard, Upshur County

Five barges full of coal lined up on the river.

50. Coal Fleet on the Great Kanawha River

Note High Street and fraternity row in the background

51. WVU Baseball Player McCauley in the Box

A coal processing plant, which shows the various buildings and railroad tracks.

52. Coal Tipple and Coke Ovens, Harding, Randolph County

53. Agricultural Experiment Station, West Virginia University

Separate portraits of each member of the State Board of Agriculture. Left to right. Top: M.V. Brown, R.E. Thrasher, Abram McCollock. Middle: J.B. Garvin, Secretary, E.J. Humphrey, President, H.A. Hartley. Bottom: W.D. Zinn, Chas P. Light.

54. Members of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture

Horse and buggy traveling through a field with bundled rye plants.

55. Comin' Thro' the Rye

56. Sawer at Commonwealth Lumber Company at Glenray, Summers County, W. Va.

Postcard of Hotel Washington, Public Square in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.   "The Washington Hotel was built and (moved?) by Sen. A.? R. Unger. Father and Mother Speer (and Hawithii) had apartment there.  And where we resided until my mother's, not so good, and we returned to my home.  Happy Days - till 1920? Mother Speer passed; Jan. 1921 my mother passed; my father 1925; C.H.B.:1926; Hamilton 1928; my sister 1932; K.A.B. 1933; Father Speer 1930? or 1936; my? Cecil 1952."

57. Hotel Washington, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

Mr. Ogdin standing beside his horse.

58. Mr. Ogdin on His Farm

Flock of dorset sheep grazing on a hillside in Greenbrier County.

59. Flock of Dorset Sheep in Greenbrier County

60. Class Photo South Alderson, W. Va.

61. Boys Swimming at Camp Greenbrier, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

This small farm home is the birth place of state treasurer, Newton Ogdin.

62. Early-Day Farm Home, Pleasants County

An assembly line that is sorting the peaches into various baskets.  One man stands at the very end on a ladder picking his own tree.

63. Sorting and Packing Peaches, Allegheny Orchard Co., Morgan County

64. Prize Aberdeen Angus Heifer, Meadowbrook Farm, Putnam County

A fenced in field with a barn and farm houses in the background.

65. Farm House of Abram McColloch, Ohio County

A field with rows of cabbage and rolling hills in the background.

66. Cabbage, Glade Lands, Preston County

A man stands on a rock that juts out into the side of a stream.

67. West Virginia Mountain Stream

A dense forest full of trees and underbrush.  The forest bed is covered with ferns and other types of flora.

68. Forest of Spruce and Black Birch

A white turkey with its chicks in a wooded area.

69. White Prince of Lawnvale Stock Farm, Putnam County

Glenray, W. Va. view showing sawmill, town and logging railroad bridge.

70. Glenray, W. Va.

View of Greenbrier River from bridge at Alderson.

71. Looking East at Greenbrier River from Bridge at Alderson, W. Va.

The majestic state capitol building in Charleston.

72. Old State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

73. Location of Old Indian Fort in Franklin, W. Va.

Apple tree growing on a hillside.  Caption reads, 'The famous West Virginia seedling, originated on the farm of Thomas Grimes, Brooke County.'

74. Original Grimes Golden Apple Tree, Brooke County

Rows of peach trees extending far into the distance, with a mountain in the background.

75. Peach Trees, Allegheny Orchard Co.

76. Saxon Merino Sheep Grazing on Hill, Ohio County

Rows of tobacco plants.

77. Field of Tobacco, Preston County

A group of men congregated around barrels holding their apple picking ladders.

78. Picking Scene in a Hancock County Orchard

An old farm house surrounded by by fields and trees.  Caption reads, 'Later. Time Has Wrought Many Changes.'

79. Farm House and Fields

Amity White is the teacher on the right.

80. Class Photo Bulltown School

Apple trees in a rocky orchard.

81. Rocky Orchard, (Limestone) Where It Has Paid to Grow Apples

82. Camden Page Fortney, Class of 1907, West Virginia University

Class of 1907.

83. Male Student, West Virginia University

Class of 1907

84. Male Student, West Virginia University

85. Birds Eye View of Keystone, McDowell Co., W. Va.

86. Glenville State Normal School, W. Va.

87. Railroad Tracks in Bridgeport, W. Va.

Morgantown and suspension bridge from Westover.

88. Old Suspension Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two men with the long pikes are "poling" logs in the log pond toward the jack ladder which takes the logs into the sawmill.

89. George Foster, D. D. Brown, and Charles W. Feeny at Sawmill in Montes, Randolph County,W. Va

90. Houses in a Logging Town of Montes, W. Va.

91. Mill Worker Poling on Log Pond, Montes, W. V.

92. Log Loading Crew at Work, Montes, Randolph County, W. Va.

93. Sawmill and Log Holding Pond at Montes, Randolph County, W. Va.

The horses were specially bred and raised for "log skidding" through the mountains.

94. View of a Logging Operation and Three Teams of Horses, Montes. W. Va.

The three men are associated with the logging and sawmill business in Montes. The river is most likely the Tygart Valley River.

95. George Foster, D. D. Brown, and Charles W. Feeny Standing Near River, Montes, W. Va.

Railroad tracks lead in and out of the mill for transportation of lumber.

96. Sawmill at Montes, Randolph County, W. Va.