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Miner's houses, coke ovens, and tipple at Richard, W. Va.

1. Coke Ovens and Tipple at Richard, W. Va.

2. Possibly Quarry Run, Monongalia County, W. Va.

A group of unidentified subjects are pictured on a hill with Dorsey's Knob in the background.

3. Rural Scene at Dorsey's Knob, Clanton District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Two boys are pictured on top of the rock, looking east. Subjects unidentified.

4. Rural Scene at Buzzard's Rock Overlooking the Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Two women and a man are pictured beside the rock formation, formally known as Dorsey's Knob. Subjects unidentified.

5. Scene at Dorsey's Knob, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Four men sit in a canoe beside the large boulder in the middle of the river. Subjects unidentified.

6. Scene at Squirrel Rock on Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1836.

7. Union Baptist Church of Crossroads, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1854.  A new church building was built in 1954.

8. West Warren Baptist Church, Wadestown, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was constructed and founded in 1842.  The present building was built in 1894.

9. Antioch Church of Christ, Daybrook, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was founded in 1829.  The present church was built in 1896-1897.

10. Blacksville Methodist Church, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Mount Olive Church is located a half mile east of Pentress.  The church was dedicated in 1878.

11. Mount Olive Methodist Church, Pentress, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was constructed in 1858, called Westfall Chapel, and dedicated in 1859.  In 1908 the church dedicated and named The Maidsville Methodist Protestant Church.  It is now known as just the Maidsville Methodist Church.  The church is still in the original building.

12. Maidsville Methodist Church, Maidsville, Cass District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was first assembled in 1853. The church building was shared between several protestant denominations.

13. Harmony Grove Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The present church is the third built at the current site.  The church was dedicated in 1889.

14. Laurel Point Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1835 on Stewart's Run in William Stewart's home.  The location of church services changed to Sugar Grove in the 1840's when more church members lived their than in Stewart's Run. The first church was built in 1850. The current church building was built in 1887.

15. Sugar Grove Presbyterian Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was first built around 1856 and shared between several denominations including Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists. During the Civil War the church split.  In 1905 the current church was built and is served by the Methodist conference.

16. Union Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was an outgrowth of Mount Tabor Baptist church.  The building was built in 1801.  This church was named Zoar in 1859.

17. Zoar Baptist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church is located on the Morgantown-Fairchance Pike.  It was organized in 1852-1853.

18. Calvary Methodist Church, Union District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The services in 1840 were held in a log church.  This church was built in 1845. The church was later enlarged and additions were added.

19. Eden Methodist Church, Stewartstown, Union District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The Forks of Cheat Baptist Church is the oldest church west of the Allegheny Mountains.  It is located in Stewartstown and was founded in 1775.

20. Forks of Cheat Baptist Church, Union District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was founded in 1830 and the building was built in 1839.

21. Zion Methodist Church, Union District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was was built in 1844, and before the church was built services were held at a school house.

22. Fairview Methodist Church, Clinton District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1837.

23. Goshen Baptist Church, Clinton District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Portrait of Mountaineer halfback Andrew V. 'Rip' King ('19) in his football gear.

24. West Virginia University Football Player Andrew 'Rip' King, Morgantown, W. Va.

Picture of a round barn built by Ulissus Ralphsnyder, born in 1868.  Image likely shows the barn in Monongalia County, where it was originally built.

25. Ralphsnyder Round Barn, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Picture of a round barn built by Ulissus Ralphsnyder, born in 1868.  Image likely shows the barn in Monongalia County, where it was originally built.

26. Ralphsnyder Round Barn, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The Weltners were a family from Stewartstown, W. Va.

27. Sarah Ella Weltner, Uniontown, Pa.

Standing in the front right are Mr. and Mrs. John W. Zinn, parents of Earl Ray Zinn. John Wesley Zinn married Mary M. Corrothers, daughter of William Corrothers who built the house around 1875. Earl R. Zinn married Lillian Arnett Steele.

28. Home of Earl Ray Zinn

A group of men and women gather around to dine picnic-style. Around them are parked old-fashioned automobiles. Subjects unidentified. The photograph comes from a photo album belonging to Mrs. Earl R. Zinn.

29. Picnic Party, Halleck, W. Va.

An unidentified worker supervises as the machine molds concrete into support beam structures.

30. Concrete Extrusion Machine likely in Morgantown, W. Va.

Molded cement structures fill a warehouse.

31. Concrete Structures in Warehouse, likely in Morgantown, W. Va.

The hotel is located on the corner of High and Moreland Streets.  A curtain in the left window advertises "Frocks & Hats."

32. Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va.

Southeast view of the courthouse which is located on High Street.

33. Courthouse, Morgantown, W. Va.

The Monongahela Building hosts various businesses within its walls, as seen from the windows in which those businesses display their names. The businesses vary from physician's practices, financing, real estate, and attorney practices. The building is located to the left of the courthouse.

34. Monongahela Building, Morgantown, W> Va.

The man standing in the middle of the stage directs the musical group which consists of brass, string, woodwind, and percussion musicians inside the Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building.

35. Musical Group at WCTU Building on Fayette Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

Eight nurses standing outside the Office and Private Residence of the Monongalia County Hospital.

36. Staff at Monongalia County Hospital, Morgantown, W. Va.

A group of nurses standing outside of Monongalia County Hospital, which was located on the corner of Willey and Prospect Streets in Morgantown.

37. Nurses of Monongalia County Hospital, Morgantown, W. Va.

A group of men pose in and on an engine of the M and K Railroad.

38. Engine Number 8 on the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, W. Va.

39. Morgantown - Kingwood State Highway, W. Va.