Picture was taken from the West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926 - Sept. 1927. The article was titled 'Building a Mining Community' by C.A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company, April, 1927. The picture is on page 209, April 1927 issue.
Copy-taken from the West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926-Sept. 1927, "Building a Mining Community", April 1927, Article by C. A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company. The picture is on page 209 of Vol 4, April 1927.
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
'Mabel, Preacher, Anne'. Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va
King's Run School, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Front Row Right to Left: Mae Brock, Laura Tennant, James Tennant, Ralph Gray, Daniel Tennant, Clayton Gray. Second Row: Clara Lemley, Margaret Lemley, Donnis Gray, Artie Lemley, Bessie Lemley (teacher.) Third Row: Ray Lemley, Cecyle Gray.
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Founded 1902 by Henry G. Davis in memory of his wife. Fireproof. Approved by the American College of Surgeons. Equipped to most modern standards by the Davis and Elkins families. Complete clinical x-ray and radium laboratories. Four full time staff members. Expert consultant and attending staff." See original for correspondence. Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
The Midland Trail is a National Scenic Byway and is part of US Route 60 in southern West Virginia. The image was published by Beckley Kodak Service.(from the postcard legacy system.)
Postcard reads, "The stone section of this ancient house, two miles east of Staunton, is doubtless the oldest structure in Augusta County. Here lived Col. John Lewis, pioneer settler, who came with some thirty Scotch-Irish about the year 1732, when Augusta was a no-man's land. Lewis, a fine type of frontiersman and one of the first magistrates of Augusta, died in 1762 at the age of eighty-four, his grave being near the house above. His five sons were conspicuous men of their times; Thomas laid out Staunton in 1750, while Andrew was the victor at Point Pleasant and a general in the Revolutionary War." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
Renovations to Building for Future S.S. Kresge Company Store, Likely Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Sign in front of building reads: "When alterations are complete S.S. Kresge Company will open 25 cent to 1 dollar store here. Watch for opening announcement."
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station and C. P. Huntington Monument, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Text on the back reads, "The Collins P. Huntington Monument. Erected Oct. 22, 1924, in memory of Collins P. Huntington, the founder of the cities of Huntington, W. Va. and Newport News, Va. He was born Oct. 22, 1821 at Harwington, Conn. Through his efforts in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad Company was formed to construct a telegraph and railroad line from the Pacific Coast to Ogden, Utah, to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of this project placed him in the foremost ranks of American empire builders. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company from 1869 to 1887. Died Aug. 13, 1900."
