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In the background, the Merrix men are working on the land with the Ayers'.

1. Basil Ayers & Violet Ayers Scott Farm, Barksdale, W. Va.

Two horses stand outside of the farm house located in the rocky terrain.

2. Basil Ayers & Violet Ayers Scott Farm, Barksdale, W. Va.

View from behind the fence showing the mountains in the distance.

3. Basil Ayers & Violet Ayers Scott Farm, Barksdale, W. Va.

Workers and their horses pictured on the farm on Barksdale Mountain.

4. Basil Ayers & Violet Ayers Scott Farm, Barksdale, W. Va.

Basil Ayers pictured on his land with his dogs.

5. Basil Ayers & Violet Ayers Scott Farm

People pictured in front of the home and inside the gazebo on the grounds. No subjects identified.

6. Spring House at Barger Springs

Two unidentified subjects climb along the rocks that tower above the river.

7. Barger Springs, W. Va.

Two unidentified subjects sit by the bank of the river and enjoy the scenery.

8. Barger Springs, W. Va.

A train approaches the platform on the C&O Railroad.

9. Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

Trains occupy the tracks of the yards.

10. Chesapeake and Ohio Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

A look at the construction site from a distance.

11. Avis Overhead Bridge Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.

George Hoover pictured on the ferry's rail traveling across New River.

12. Sitting on Old Hinton Ferry, Hinton, W. Va.

View from across the river.

13. Upper Bellepoint, Hinton, W. va.

Little David pictured in a wagon behind the home near Hinton, W. Va.

14. David A. Keller, Bellepoint, W. Va.

15. Avis School, Summers County, W. Va.

Employees (from left to right) Jim Bob Christian, Wes Surber, Mr. Christian, Ab Wiseman, unidentified, C.O. McGhee, unidentified, and Emmitt McLaughlin.

16. Hinton Freight Station Work Force, Hinton, W. Va.

Looking at the building from across the street. Silo Ice truck pictured on the right. Located on Block C #7.

17. C & O Freight Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

Located on Block C #7, the depot was built ca. 1905.

18. C & O Freight Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

Inside the store located on the corner of 3rd Avenue, between Ballengee and Temple streets. Employees behind the counter are identified, from left to right, as Lorene Jones, an unidentified man, Mary Eades, and Maycle Scott who is the mother of Jack Scott.

19. A & P Store, Hinton, W. Va.

Street view of the building located on Ballengee Street.

20. Ritz Theatre, Hinton, W. Va.

View of the building from the street. Window advertises West Union and Dr. J. W. Stokes office.

21. Citizens Bank Building, Hinton, W. Va.

A group poses in front of the court building. The front line pose with their instruments. Subjects unidentified.

22. Summers County Court House, Hinton, W. Va.

Campers and counselors gather around the campfire. Subjects unidentified.

23. 4-H Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Overlooking the camp grounds near Hinton, W. Va.

24. Camp Summers, Summers County, W. Va.

Ballengee, pictured with the beard on the left, speaks with an African-American man.

25. Mr. Ballengee in Probably Clayton, W. Va.

Goff, a fishing buddy of Edward Turner's, smiles with a large fish. Sports Mart sign pictured in the background.

26. Allen Goff With Fish at the Sport Mart, Hinton, W. Va.

Piers of Glen Ray Lumber Co. emerging to create Railroad Bridge.

27. Mouth of Griffith Creek near Greenbrier River, Summers County, W. Va.

The opening to the left shows the ending of the river at Bellepoint.

28. Mouth of Greenbrier River at Bellepoint, W. Va.

A lone automobile travels on the dirt road that runs alongside the river. The Piers are from a Glen Ray Lumber Company construction site where a railroad bridge is in the process of being built.

29. Mouth of Griffith Creek from Greenbrier River, Summers County, W. Va.

Hartley, left, and Kiser, right, pose behind a cut-out that makes them appear as if they were in a hot air ballon. The banner on the poster reads, "Over Cincinnati". Hartley was a C & O Railroad train dispatcher and Kiser was a telegraph operator.

30. Sam Hartley and Herb Kiser Pose Behind Cut-Out, Hinton, W. Va.

Employees and horses pictured beside the pile of lumber.

31. Smith Sawmill Workers on Robin Roost Road, Jumping Branch District, W. Va.

Family members of Bessie Pack pictured in front of the hotel building.

32. Deed's Hotel, Jumping Branch, W. Va.

Wife of W. M. "Billy" Meador and mother to Luther, Foy, and Charles. Her nickname was "Em' Billie".

33. Emma Walker Meador

Fred Meador pictured on the right with Foy in center on top of the hay stack. Emma Meador is pictured on the ground next to the horse.

34. Meador Family in Pipestem District, W. Va.

Luther and Audie Meador's home on Bluestone River naer the swimming pool. Fay Meador also lived near here in his home.

35. Meador Home on New River, near True, W. Va.

Pictured from left to right is Joseph Neely, Russell Neely, and Julian Neely.

36. Neely Men of Summers County, W. Va.

A small C. & O. railway cart is pictured on one of the many sets of track.

37. Meadow Creek Station, Summers County, W. Va.

View of the building from down the road. Here, they bottled spring water.

38. Pence Spring Bottling Works, Summers County, W. Va.

A group of unidentified people are pictured beside their parked automobiles outside the building where a spring runs through the outdoor deck.

39. Pence Spring Grounds, Summers County, W. Va.

Back of the  postcard reads, "Pence Springs Hotel--a mountain resort in the beautiful Alleghaneys--is equipped with every modern convenience of the city hotel. Home garden, excellent cuisine, splendid service, famous mineral water. Orchestra, dancing, golf, tennis, swimming, fishing, horseback riding, motoring, marvelous scenery. Located on main line of c. & O. Railway and the Atlantic & Pacific Highway."

40. The Pence Spring, Pence Springs, W. Va.

Smoke billow from the locomotive as it speeds across the tracks.

41. Engine Pulling Train near Sandstone, W. Va.

View of the waterfalls along New River.

42. Sandstone Falls in Low Tide, Summers County, W. Va.

The waterfalls along New River pictured in the distance.

43. Sandstone Falls in Background, Summers County, W. Va.

Stokes pictured walking into the Laing Humphries building entrance where Citizens Bank used to be located.

44. Dr. J. W. Stokes Entering His Office, Hinton, W. Va.

View of home lived in by Harold, son of Edward Calvin Eagle.Edward C. Eagle served on the local Hinton bar for nearly a quarter of a century after paying his way through West Virginia University. Mr. Eagle served his first term as prosecuting attorney of Summers County from 1902 to 1904 and for the following twenty years was the United States commissioner at Hinton. In 1920, he was elected prosecuting attorney on a platform that called for the suppression of moon-shining and law-breaking in general.

45. Harold Eagle Home on Ballengee Street, Hinton, W. Va.

Keller pictured by the small-scale waterfalls below the city.

46. Bob Keller at Falls below Hinton, W. Va.

Two men in the background walk along the river bank.

47. View Below City Looking Across New River, Hinton, W. Va.

View of Robert Summers Neely home located on Ballengee Street. Neely was a local dentist and chairman of the republican county committee.

48. Dr. Neely's Home, Hinton, W. Va.