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Family stands on steps outside of box car.

1. African-American Family Living in a Box Car at Terry, W. Va.

IDNO:
006136
Title:
African-American Family Living in a Box Car at Terry, W. Va.
Description:
Family stands on steps outside of box car.
Visitors or workers standing in the Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co. store.

2. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store

IDNO:
004374
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Visitors or workers standing in the Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co. store.
The remains of the Fire Creek Headhouse are partially hidden. Film developed in November 1990.

3. Ruins of Fire Creek Headhouse

IDNO:
004373
Title:
Ruins of Fire Creek Headhouse
Description:
The remains of the Fire Creek Headhouse are partially hidden. Film developed in November 1990.
Mr. Guinn sitting in the Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co. office

4. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Office

IDNO:
004369
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Office
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Mr. Guinn sitting in the Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co. office

5. Ruins of Fire Creek Blacksmith Shop

IDNO:
004368
Title:
Ruins of Fire Creek Blacksmith Shop
Date:
ca. 1990

6. New River Bridge Under Construction

IDNO:
004356
Title:
New River Bridge Under Construction

7. Tunnel Drift Mouth at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004024
Title:
Tunnel Drift Mouth at Fire Creek, W. Va.

8. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Houses for African-American Miners

IDNO:
004023
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Houses for African-American Miners
Date:
ca. 1936
Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

9. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
004022
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1936
Description:
Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

10. Fire Creek Depot

IDNO:
004021
Title:
Fire Creek Depot
Date:
ca. 1935
View from the top of the incline at Fire Creek.

11. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Incline

IDNO:
004020
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Incline
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
View from the top of the incline at Fire Creek.

12. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling of George Taylor

IDNO:
004019
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling of George Taylor
Date:
ca. 1936
Smoke rises from the coke ovens. Filled coal cars are next to them.

13. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
004018
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1936
Description:
Smoke rises from the coke ovens. Filled coal cars are next to them.
Where the Tipple used to sit at Fire Creek.

14. Fire Creek Tipple Site

IDNO:
004017
Title:
Fire Creek Tipple Site
Date:
1979
Description:
Where the Tipple used to sit at Fire Creek.
Horse is hitched next to the church. 'I lived here until I was almost 4.'

15. Church, Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004016
Title:
Church, Fire Creek, W. Va.
Description:
Horse is hitched next to the church. 'I lived here until I was almost 4.'
Men stand around the locomotive on the main line at Fire Creek.

16. Fire Creek Main Line Haulage

IDNO:
004015
Title:
Fire Creek Main Line Haulage
Date:
1886
Description:
Men stand around the locomotive on the main line at Fire Creek.

17. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling

IDNO:
004014
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling
Date:
ca. 1936
Shanty at the top of the mountain near the Power House at Fire Creek.

18. Billy Wells' Shanty Near the Power House on Top of the Mountain at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004013
Title:
Billy Wells' Shanty Near the Power House on Top of the Mountain at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Shanty at the top of the mountain near the Power House at Fire Creek.
Buildings on both sides of the tracks.

19. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens, White School and Tipple

IDNO:
004012
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens, White School and Tipple
Date:
1936
Description:
Buildings on both sides of the tracks.
Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

20. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
004011
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1936
Description:
Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

21. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Shop and Power House

IDNO:
004010
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Shop and Power House
Date:
ca. 1936
Man standing next to a freight train.

22. Chesapeake and Ohio Local Freight at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004009
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Local Freight at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Man standing next to a freight train.

23. Charlie Smith's Shanty at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004008
Title:
Charlie Smith's Shanty at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1936
'Billy Wells and Shorty.' Buildings on top of mountain at Fire Creek.

24. Top of Mountain Near Power House at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004007
Title:
Top of Mountain Near Power House at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
'Billy Wells and Shorty.' Buildings on top of mountain at Fire Creek.

25. Back Coke Track and Houses at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004006
Title:
Back Coke Track and Houses at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Laundry is hanging on the line outside of the dwellings for African-American miners at Fire Creek, W. Va.

26. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Houses

IDNO:
004005
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Houses
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Laundry is hanging on the line outside of the dwellings for African-American miners at Fire Creek, W. Va.
'Colored Church and school house. Corner of coke ovens and icehouse at Fire Creek.'

27. Colored Church, School House and other Buildings at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
004004
Title:
Colored Church, School House and other Buildings at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1936
Description:
'Colored Church and school house. Corner of coke ovens and icehouse at Fire Creek.'

28. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling of Lloyd Jordan, Drum Runner

IDNO:
004003
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling of Lloyd Jordan, Drum Runner
Date:
ca. 1936

29. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling of Rennie Meeks

IDNO:
004002
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Dwelling of Rennie Meeks
Date:
ca. 1936
No Trespassing sign is at the entrance to the tunnel.

30. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Main Entry to Tunnel

IDNO:
004001
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Main Entry to Tunnel
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
No Trespassing sign is at the entrance to the tunnel.
Mine foreman's house and surrounding buildings.

31. Fire Creek Store and Mine Foreman's House, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004000
Title:
Fire Creek Store and Mine Foreman's House, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Mine foreman's house and surrounding buildings.
Picture shows the Chesapeake and Ohio section foreman's house.

32. View Up River from Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003999
Title:
View Up River from Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Picture shows the Chesapeake and Ohio section foreman's house.
Side view of the head house at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co.

33. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Head House

IDNO:
003998
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Head House
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Side view of the head house at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co.
Tool shed sitting alongside the RR tracks.

34. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Chesapeake & Ohio Tool Shed

IDNO:
003997
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Chesapeake & Ohio Tool Shed
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Tool shed sitting alongside the RR tracks.
There is a house sitting behind the store. Man standing in front of store is Charlie Smith.

35. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store and Office Building

IDNO:
003996
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store and Office Building
Date:
1936
Description:
There is a house sitting behind the store. Man standing in front of store is Charlie Smith.
View of coke ovens and surrounding buildings.

36. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003995
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1936
Description:
View of coke ovens and surrounding buildings.
Clothes are hanging on the line behind building with smoking chimney.

37. Back Coke Track and White School House at Fire Creek, W. V.a

IDNO:
003994
Title:
Back Coke Track and White School House at Fire Creek, W. V.a
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Clothes are hanging on the line behind building with smoking chimney.
Bennett children are standing in front of the house.

38. Store Clerk Elden Bennet's Dwelling at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003993
Title:
Store Clerk Elden Bennet's Dwelling at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Bennett children are standing in front of the house.
There is a house in the background behind the store. 'Charlie Smith'

39. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store and Office Building

IDNO:
003992
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store and Office Building
Date:
1936
Description:
There is a house in the background behind the store. 'Charlie Smith'
'I lived at Fire Creek, W. Va. before I moved with family to Fayettville at almost 4 years of age. Barbara'

40. Smith, Charles at Fire Creek Railroad Station

IDNO:
003991
Title:
Smith, Charles at Fire Creek Railroad Station
Description:
'I lived at Fire Creek, W. Va. before I moved with family to Fayettville at almost 4 years of age. Barbara'
Coke ovens, tipple and white school house shown. Jr. Barker is on the bike.

41. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003990
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1936
Description:
Coke ovens, tipple and white school house shown. Jr. Barker is on the bike.
Vault and Smith desk present in office.

42. Fire Creek Office

IDNO:
003989
Title:
Fire Creek Office
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Vault and Smith desk present in office.
View of the head house at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co.

43. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Head House

IDNO:
003988
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Head House
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
View of the head house at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co.

44. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Mule Barn and Two Story Dwelling

IDNO:
003987
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Mule Barn and Two Story Dwelling
Interior of Coal Company office.

45. Vault and Burnside Stove Inside Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Mine Office

IDNO:
003986
Title:
Vault and Burnside Stove Inside Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Mine Office
Date:
ca. 1941
Description:
Interior of Coal Company office.
Bicycle is parked outside of a shed next to the tipple.

46. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Tipple and Slack Bin

IDNO:
003985
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Tipple and Slack Bin
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Bicycle is parked outside of a shed next to the tipple.
Tipple with railroad cars underneath.

47. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Tipple

IDNO:
003984
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Tipple
Date:
1936
Description:
Tipple with railroad cars underneath.

48. Fire Creek Depot

IDNO:
003983
Title:
Fire Creek Depot
Date:
ca. 1936
Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.

49. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003982
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1936
Description:
Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Fire Creek.
Houston Ware getting ready to board the 11:20 a.m. C&O train No. 14.

50. Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14

IDNO:
003981
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Train No. 14
Date:
1936
Description:
Houston Ware getting ready to board the 11:20 a.m. C&O train No. 14.

51. Waterfall on Fire Creek

IDNO:
003980
Title:
Waterfall on Fire Creek
Date:
1935
Piles in between coke ovens and railroad.

52. Coke Yard at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company

IDNO:
003979
Title:
Coke Yard at Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company
Date:
1936
Description:
Piles in between coke ovens and railroad.
Shelves with stocked store merchandise. Mr. Guinn is standing in the background of the picture.

53. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store Stock

IDNO:
003978
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store Stock
Date:
1936
Description:
Shelves with stocked store merchandise. Mr. Guinn is standing in the background of the picture.
Ruins of an old house.

54. Charles G. Smith Birth Site at Concho, W. Va.

IDNO:
003977
Title:
Charles G. Smith Birth Site at Concho, W. Va.
Date:
1990
Description:
Ruins of an old house.

55. Fire Creek Depot

IDNO:
003975
Title:
Fire Creek Depot
Date:
ca. 1936

56. Mason Coal Company Tipple, Trestle, and Monitors at Wrights, W. Va.

IDNO:
003974
Title:
Mason Coal Company Tipple, Trestle, and Monitors at Wrights, W. Va.

57. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Mule Barn and Two Story Dwelling

IDNO:
003973
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Mule Barn and Two Story Dwelling
Frances Bennett with Daughter Tleatha [sic] Berttale Dixon.

58. Bennett, Frances with Daughter Tieatha

IDNO:
003972
Title:
Bennett, Frances with Daughter Tieatha
Description:
Frances Bennett with Daughter Tleatha [sic] Berttale Dixon.

59. Out of Focus Photo Looking Down the New River from Fire Creek Depot

IDNO:
003971
Title:
Out of Focus Photo Looking Down the New River from Fire Creek Depot
Store building in the snow.

60. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store in Winter

IDNO:
003970
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Store in Winter
Date:
ca. 1932
Description:
Store building in the snow.

61. Fire Creek Store and Mine Foreman's House

IDNO:
003969
Title:
Fire Creek Store and Mine Foreman's House
Date:
ca. 1930

62. Close up of Remains of Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003968
Title:
Close up of Remains of Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1992
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co. coke oven remains in the woods.

63. Ruins of Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003967
Title:
Ruins of Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1992
Description:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Co. coke oven remains in the woods.
People standing outside of the Fire Creek Store.

64. Store at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003966
Title:
Store at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1886
Description:
People standing outside of the Fire Creek Store.

65. Mason Coal Company Tipple at Wrights, W. Va.

IDNO:
003965
Title:
Mason Coal Company Tipple at Wrights, W. Va.
The two girls are sitting on a porch railing.

66. Kincaid, Mary Gwynn and Jesse Perkins

IDNO:
003964
Title:
Kincaid, Mary Gwynn and Jesse Perkins
Date:
ca. 1935
Description:
The two girls are sitting on a porch railing.

67. View of Thurmond From Concho, W. Va.

IDNO:
003963
Title:
View of Thurmond From Concho, W. Va.

68. View Down River from Concho, W. Va.

IDNO:
003962
Title:
View Down River from Concho, W. Va.
Date:
1991

69. Ruins of Coke Ovens at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003961
Title:
Ruins of Coke Ovens at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1991
Overgrown foundation of G. H. Capertons home in woods.

70. Remains of Foundation of G.H. Caperton Home, Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003960
Title:
Remains of Foundation of G.H. Caperton Home, Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1992
Description:
Overgrown foundation of G. H. Capertons home in woods.
Overgrown foundation of a house in the woods.

71. Foundation of G.H. Caperton Home, Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003959
Title:
Foundation of G.H. Caperton Home, Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1992
Description:
Overgrown foundation of a house in the woods.
Men sit on steps of Dunedin company store, Shorty Bender horse and wagon also in front.

72. Dunedin Coal Company Store at Terry, W. Va

IDNO:
003958
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Store at Terry, W. Va
Description:
Men sit on steps of Dunedin company store, Shorty Bender horse and wagon also in front.
Thee men standing next to a car equipped to ride on tracks.

73. Railroad Utility Car on Tracks

IDNO:
003957
Title:
Railroad Utility Car on Tracks
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Thee men standing next to a car equipped to ride on tracks.
View of coke ovens and surrounding buildings.

74. Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003956
Title:
Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
View of coke ovens and surrounding buildings.

75. Dwelling of Lloyd Jordan, Drum Runner, Near Head House at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003955
Title:
Dwelling of Lloyd Jordan, Drum Runner, Near Head House at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936

76. Rotary Converter Power Unit at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003954
Title:
Rotary Converter Power Unit at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Smoke rising from the coke ovens.

77. Coke Ovens at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003953
Title:
Coke Ovens at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Smoke rising from the coke ovens.
House next to tracks with power lines above it.

78. Home of Rennie Meeks West of Tipple at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003952
Title:
Home of Rennie Meeks West of Tipple at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Description:
House next to tracks with power lines above it.
Ice house, colored school and church below cliffs.

79. Fire Creek Ice house, Colored School, and Church

IDNO:
003951
Title:
Fire Creek Ice house, Colored School, and Church
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Ice house, colored school and church below cliffs.
Home of L.E. Meadows, Superintendent, Fire Creek.

80. Superintendent's House at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003950
Title:
Superintendent's House at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Home of L.E. Meadows, Superintendent, Fire Creek.
Front of church is on the right. Other buildings are in the background.

81. Back Coke Track and Front of Church at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003949
Title:
Back Coke Track and Front of Church at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Front of church is on the right. Other buildings are in the background.
Freight train with man standing to the side.

82. Local Freight in Front of Fire Creek Depot

IDNO:
003948
Title:
Local Freight in Front of Fire Creek Depot
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Freight train with man standing to the side.
Picture taken with a 150mm lens.

83. View of Thurmond From Concho, W. Va.

IDNO:
003947
Title:
View of Thurmond From Concho, W. Va.
Date:
1991
Description:
Picture taken with a 150mm lens.
Man at work in the Incline Station.

84. Monitor Incline Operator and Station at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003946
Title:
Monitor Incline Operator and Station at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Man at work in the Incline Station.

85. Back Coke Track at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003945
Title:
Back Coke Track at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Front view of Gaston Caperton's house.

86. Home of Gaston Caperton at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003944
Title:
Home of Gaston Caperton at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Front view of Gaston Caperton's house.
Shelves and drawers in the Fire Creek Store. There is a man in the back of the store.

87. Interior of Store at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003943
Title:
Interior of Store at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Shelves and drawers in the Fire Creek Store. There is a man in the back of the store.

88. Superintendent's House (Perkins) at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003942
Title:
Superintendent's House (Perkins) at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936

89. Interior of Store at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003941
Title:
Interior of Store at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936

90. McKenley and Smith House at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003940
Title:
McKenley and Smith House at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Man with camera is standing on flatrock with camera overlooking Thurmond and the river.

91. View of Thurmond From Concho, W. Va.

IDNO:
003939
Title:
View of Thurmond From Concho, W. Va.
Date:
1991
Description:
Man with camera is standing on flatrock with camera overlooking Thurmond and the river.

92. Ruins of Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens

IDNO:
003938
Title:
Ruins of Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company Coke Ovens
Date:
1992
Photo taken from the back of the Kincaid house.

93. Railroad Tracks and the River Looking East

IDNO:
003937
Title:
Railroad Tracks and the River Looking East
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Photo taken from the back of the Kincaid house.
Mules hauling carts across a wooden bridge.

94. Mule Train at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003936
Title:
Mule Train at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1886
Description:
Mules hauling carts across a wooden bridge.
Partial brick structure among trees.

95. Ruins of Beury Store in Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003935
Title:
Ruins of Beury Store in Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1992
Description:
Partial brick structure among trees.
One man is sitting on a filled coal car in front of the coke ovens while another is standing on the tracks.

96. Coke Yard at Fire Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
003934
Title:
Coke Yard at Fire Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1886
Description:
One man is sitting on a filled coal car in front of the coke ovens while another is standing on the tracks.