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Mower Lumber Company log loader loading logs onto train; Cass, W.V.<br />

1. Log Loader on Cheat Mountain

L.O.6; Cheat Mountain; Cass, WV; D.D. Brown Collection

2. Log Loader Loading Flat Cars, Note Logs Lifted by Skidder, Mower Lumber Co.

Shay No. 5 on tracks in the forest. Cheat Mountain; Cass, W.V.

3. Shay No. 5

Paul James leaning on Cheat Mountian elevation sign.

4. Paul James Standing Where Road Crosses Cheat Mountain, Elevation 3,948 Feet

No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is.  The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.

5. Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

From Stemple Ridge Road.

6. Camel's Back and Cheat River Mt., Preston County, W. Va.

During the first summer of the Civil War, Union troops established a strong defensive position on the summit of Cheat Mountain. The Confederate government sent Robert E. Lee to push them off. His attack failed. Cheat Mountain in Randolph County, is now part of West Virginia. Gen. no. 48, neg. by D, No. 27. Date 1884, July 16. Wednesday, 11 A.M. Cloudy.

7. View Westward Down Cheat Mountain, W. Va.

A picture of a valley from above, with a man in the foreground. 'No. 48 D.(27); Wed. July 16, 11:00 AM, cloudy'

8. Down Cheat Mountain Westward

49 W (22) Wednesday, July 16, 4:10 p.m., 1884.

9. Summit of Cheat Mountain Looking West