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'Barging in for a summer concert is 'Point Counterpoint' -- concert hall of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra.  During its 33 city tour of river communities, the floating concert hall is moved from port to port by towboat.  One of the most unusual and resourcefull stages in the world, its amplifying system and modern lighting installations were designed with mobile practicality as well as theatrical showmanship in mind.'

1. Floating Concert Hall on Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

A photograph of a Hinton, W. Va. fire truck next to the Monongahela River at Morgantown pumping water through a hose.

2. Testing the Pump on a Hinton Fire Department Truck

3. South Morgantown, W. Va.

4. View of the River from the J. H. Stewart Window, Morgantown W. Va.

View from the hill right above the Westover end of the River Bridge, back across the bridge

5. View of the Westover Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

View from a boat on the river, looking toward Seneca

6. Monongahela River and Seneca, Morgantown, W. Va.

View from hill where Brooks, Armstrong, and Physics (WVU Buildings) are now, toward the River Bridge (after 1907).

7. View of the Monongahela River and Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

8. Morgantown view from Westover, W. Va.

9. View of Morgantown from Westover, W. Va.

View from University Ave., above Beverly (street car tracks in foreground) looking down on Seneca

10. View of Seneca from University Ave., Morgantown, W. Va.

11. View from Westover across River, Morgantown, W. Va.

A bird's eye view of the Seneca and Sunnyside neighborhoods of Morgantown, showing the Falling Run Bridge in the foreground.

12. Down the River from Morgantown, W. Va.

Also shows WVU Baseball Diamond and Monongahela River.

13. Aerial View of Coliseum, Natatorium, and Shell Building, West Virginia University

'Morgantown from across the Monongahela River. Sometime in the late eighties. Note this is the suspension bridge the Confederates partly burned during the Jones-Imboden raid in the Civil War. Property of Jas. R. Moreland.'

14. Suspension Bridge Across the Monongahela at Morgantown, W. Va.

'Notice both old and new Mountaineer fields are in this photograph.'

15. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

16. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

17. Aerial View of Mountaineer Field and Surrounding Buildings, West Virginia University

18. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

Monongahela river in the background.

19. Mountaineer Field End Zone, and Scoreboard Viewed from the Press Box

20. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

21. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

22. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

23. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

24. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

25. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

26. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

27. Stansbury Hall with River Bridge in the Background, West Virginia University

28. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

Includes West Virginia University campus, and Mountaineer Field (on left).

29. Bird's Eye View of Morgantown, W. Va.

30. Night Scene of Downtown from Westover, Morgantown, W. Va.

Misspelled sign by the Star City Bridge should have read: Monongahela River Navigable elevation 828 feet. The word navigable is misspelled.

31. Misspelled Sign on Star City Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

Misspelled sign by the Star City Bridge should have read: Monongahela River Navigable elevation 828 feet. The word navigable is misspelled.

32. Misspelled Sign on Star City Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

View of railroad track along river.

33. Green Bag Cement Company Property, Monongalia County, W. Va.

34. Ice at the Locks on the Monongahela River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

35. Lock and Dam on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

"The rectangle in the center of the picture above marks the location of Fort Martin Power Station, the first unit of which is scheduled for completion in 1967.  The unit will cost $57.5 million, will have a generating capability of 500,000 kilowatts and will burn about 1,350,000 tons of coal per year, all of which will come from mines in the immediate area.  The plant will be about three-quarters of a mile upstream from the Pennsylvania state line."

36. Aerial View of Site of Fort Martin Power Plant, Monongalia County, W. Va.

'One of the last Stern Wheel Paddle Steamboats used' also pictured.

37. Dredging in the Monongahela River near Morgantown, W. Va.

38. Pulling a Car From the River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

39. Sunken Barge at Granville, Monongalia County, W. Va.

40. Construction of Opekiska Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Distant view of Jimtown across the river.

41. Jimtown, Monongalia County, W. Va.

42. Monongahela River at Uffington, Monongalia County, W. Va.

43. Aerial View of Morgantown, W. Va.

44. Aerial View of Downtown Campus, West Virginia University

45. View of Downtown Campus from Westover, WVU

46. Rooftop View of Morgantown, W. Va.

'East side of [Monongahela] river, Star City at left'.

47. Building the Bridge at Star City, Morgantown, W. Va.

Stadium and Woodburn Hall are in the foreground and the River Bridge over the Monongahela River is in the background.

48. Main Campus of West Virginia University from Lorentz Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

View overlooking the Monongahela River and WVU builings and stadium.

49. Monongahela River and West Virginia University Campus from Lorentz Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

50. View of Downtown Campus from Westover, WVU

51. View of West Virginia University from Westover, Morgantown, W. Va.

52. View of Downtown Campus from Westover, WVU

53. View of Downtown Campus from Westover, WVU

54. View of General Woodworking Lumber Company from across the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

A view of Morgantown from Westover. WVU campus on the left and the Monongahela River running along the bottom. The River bridge is visible in the lower right hand corner and White Hall was under construction(middle of photograph).

55. Bird's Eye View of West Virginia University and Morgantown, W. Va.

View of a sign by the Monongahela River that reads 'Cross the Ferry Shortcut to Suncrest, Evansdale and Morgantown.'

56. Cross the Ferry Shortcut to Suncrest, Evansdale and Morgantown, W. Va.

57. River Bridge and Morgantown, W. Va.

58. Looking Southwest from Greenmont toward Morgantown, W. Va.

59. View of Morgantown, W. Va. from the Westover Side of the Monongahela River

60. View of Morgantown, W. Va. from Hopecrest Hill

61. Monongahela River Drained During a Drought, Morgantown, W.Va.

62. Mountaineer Field Viewed from Westover, West Virginia University

'Looking south west to Lock No. 10 up the Monongahela River from bridge.'

63. Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

Looking west to the M. R. Depot-West Side

64. Looking North West Across the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

'Looking South West from Monongalia River Bridge to Baltimore and Ohio Depot and Hotel Morgan.'

65. View of Morgantown from the River Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va,

'Looking north east to Sunny Side stadium and University Buildings from Monongahela River Bridge.'

66. Monongahela River Looking North East to Sunnyside, Morgantown, W. Va.

'Looking east from West Side of Monongahela River (Coal Tipple) showing Baltimore and Ohio Depot and Hotel Morgan.'

67. Monongahela River and Morgantown, W. Va.

'A view of Senecca Addition and Morgantown, West Virginia - east side brick yard in lower right.'

68. Seneca Addition and Morgantown, W. Va.

'Stadium under construction.'

69. View of Downtown Campus from Westover, WVU

'Car number 52. Running West between Granville and Jimtown (Randell). Beside Monongahela River. The buckets suspended above the river were used to carry coal from a mine on the West-side to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road shipping point on the East-side.

70. Bunkard Valley Railroad Car, Morgantown, W. Va.

View of downtown Morgantown from Westover hillside.

71. Morgantown, W. Va.

West Virginia University is in the background.

72. Barges at the Wharf Area, Morgantown, W. Va.

Newly constructed residence located in Morgantown, West Virginia. On the far right of the picture is the Monongahela River.

73. House under Construction on a Hill Above the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

Man with his automobile in flood water along the Monongahela River on US 19 and West Virginia State Road 7, 100 near Morgantown, West Virginia.

74. Flood Waters of the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

The steel bridge to Westover is in background. The West Virginia University campus in the foreground, including the old fieldhouse called the "Ark", which is the white building with a curved roof.

75. WVU Campus and Westover Along Monongahela River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

76. View of the Monongahela River with West Virginia University and Observatory Hill, Morgantown, W. Va.

77. Monongahela River Frozen Over in Monongalia County, W. Va.

'Many boats docked along the Monongahela were crushed by heavy ice flows during the Winter of 1917 - 1918. This view shows the conditions that existed near the Walnut Street Wharf.'

78. Ice Flows on the Monongahela River Damages River Boats, Morgantown, W.Va.

View of Basketball Hall, 'The Ark', West Virginia University, completed on November 4, 1916 and other downtown campus buildings and the Monongahela River in the background.  Steel bridge over the Monongahela river in the background.

79. Basketball Hall, West Virginia University

80. Wharf, Morgantown, W. Va.

From Westover

81. Bird's Eye View of North Morgantown, W. Va.

A view of Morgantown taken from western side of the Monongahela river looking northeast.

82. Morgantown, W. Va.

View across Monongahela River of WVU buildings and Seneca section of Morgantown W. Va. Woodburn Hall is at the far right.

83. View of West Virginia University and Seneca, Morgantown, W. Va.

84. Boys on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

A view of the houses in the Seneca section of Morgantown, West Virginia.

85. Seneca Neighborhood, Morgantown, W. Va.

A partial view of Morgantown from Westover.

86. View of Morgantown, W. Va.

87. Monongahela and Ohio Packet Company Boat, Morgantown, W. Va.

88. Brewer Hill, Star City, W. Va.

89. Morgantown From the West Side of the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

A picture postcard of a view of Morgantown, West Virginia from Westover.

90. River Bridge and Morgantown, W. Va.

A view of the Mississippi Glass factory in South Morgantown.

91. Mississippi Glass Factory, Morgantown, W. Va.

92. Canoeing on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.

South Morgantown from the West.

93. South Morgantown, W. Va.

A view from the west of Morgantown, West Virginia.

94. River Bridge and Morgantown, W. Va.

View from Westover. The Westover Bridge and several West Virginia University buildings are shown in this photograph.

95. River Bridge and Morgantown, W. Va.

Distant view of Westover on the West Side of the Monongahela River.

96. Westover, Morgantown, W. Va.