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A scene of inmates enjoying their recreation time at the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls.

1. Recreation, West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls, Salem, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Birthplace of Stonewall (Thomas J. Jackson). Born 1824, killed at Chancellorsville 1863". Published by Tichnor Bros Inc. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

2. Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1795; the present building was built in 1899 and dedicated in 1901.

3. Seventh Day Baptist Church, Salem, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1805. The first meeting house was a log cabin which was later replaced as the church grew.  The current building was built in 1871 and then rebuilt after a fire in the 1880s. The church contributed to the founding of Salem College in 1888.

4. Lost Creek Seventh Day Baptist, Lost Creek, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church was founded in 1818. The original building was an old log house which was later a school house.  The present building was built in 1853.

5. Center Branch Baptist Church, Nutter Fort, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1822.

6. Hepzibah Baptist Church, Harrison County, W. Va.

New Bethel Methodist Church was organized between 1784 and 1786.  The church burned in 1942.  The church then met in the community hall until August 1948. Money was raised and the present stone church was eventually built.

7. New Bethel Methodist Church, Good Hope, Harrison County, W. Va.

The Methodist Episcopal church was founded in 1861. Services were held in a Tannery building until 1866 when the first church was built.  The corner stone for the new church was laid in 1926.

8. Bristol Methodist Episcopal Church, Bristol, Harrison County, W. Va.

The building was erected in 1856.  The church was once called the Ebinezer Methodist Episcopal Church, but is now known as the Sycamore Methodist Church and is part of the West Milford Circuit.

9. Sycamore Methodist Church, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1821 and the current building was constructed in 1853.

10. Christ Episcopal Church, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.

A group of boys and girls are dressed in costume. Subjects unidentified.

11. Harrison County Pageant Group

The girls camp poses outside of a building for a group photo. Subjects unidentified.

12. Harrison County 4-H Campers, Harrison County, W. Va.