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Agricultural land being stripped by the C and P Coal Company in Taylor County. After mining, this land will be leveled and sloped for drainage, then restored to productive farm cover.

1. C and P Coal Company Strip Mine; Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was first built in 1857 as a log building. The church moved in 1884 and a new building was built by the community.

2. Webster Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1856.

3. Webster Baptist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The Claysville community first started gathering when a church was built in 1802.  In 1857 the Union Baptist Church was built. It later rebuilt in 1887 after a fire.

4. Union Baptist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized as a part of the Simpson Creek Church in the Bailey Settlement in a circuit of churches in 1837.  A log meeting house was built in 1940.  The present building was built in 1903. The name of the church changed to Bailey Memorial in 1939.

5. Bailey Memorial Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was first called Booths Creek and later changed to Middleville.  It was organized in 1825.

6. Middleville Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1811 and the building served as a community "Meeting House" as well as a school.

7. Knottsville Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in the 1850's when Irish and German settlers came to the town of Grafton to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).

8. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.

9. The First United Presbyterian Church of Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was originally established as the Fetterman Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 and is the "Mother of Methodism" in the area.

10. West Main Street Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1858.

11. First Baptist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.

12. Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.

13. Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1818.

14. Beulah Baptist Church of Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized prior to West Virginia becoming a state in 1821 in what was then known as Williamsport, Virginia.

15. Pruntytown Methodist Church, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

Print number 1733.

16. Constructing Grafton Flood Control Dam, Taylor County, W. Va.

L.E. Warthen and Scilorf, one year old.

17. Warthen's Livery; Grafton, W. Va.

18. National Cemetery; Grafton, W. Va.

19. Tygart Valley Glass Workers; Grafton, W. Va.

Overhead view of homes and buildings in Grafton, West Virginia as well as several bridges going across the Tygart Valley River.

20. Bird's Eye View of Grafton, W. Va.

21. Looking Down Main St.; Grafton, W. Va.

22. View of City Buildings; Grafton, W. Va.

23. Car Off to Side of the Road on the Northwestern Turnpike; Grafton, W. Va.

Buildings in distance are as follows: Labeled: 1. Power House, 2. Tanner Building, 3. Trust Company, 4. International Order of Odd Fellows Buildings and Post Office, 5. First National Bank, 6. Theatre.

24. B & O Shops, Grafton, W. Va.

Men stand around car while filling it up with gasoline at Lewis Service Station in Grafton, West Virginia.

25. Lewis Service Station; Grafton, W. Va.

26. View of Trainyard and City Buildings; Grafton, W. Va.

27. Tipple Boys and Drivers for Maryland Coal Co. Near Sandy's Run; Grafton, W. Va.

28. Four Corners Restaurant; Grafton, W. Va.

Students pose in costume.

29. Flemington High School Acting Class, Flemington, W. Va.

Several players are wearing "noseguards" around their necks.

30. Probably Grafton High School Football Team, Taylor County, W. Va.

Probably a photograph of a sketch from an elevated view which includes part of Grafton and a bridge crossing the river.

31. Tygart River at Grafton, W. Va.

Records show William McDaniel died in 1848, not 1811 as stated in the caption. The sycamore tree in the image sprouted and grew through the grave. The grave was later moved, before the area was flooded by the Tygart Valley Dam Project in 1937.

32. 1848 Grave of William McDaniel, McDaniel Cemetery, Stone House, W. Va.

33. Possibly Trapp Springs, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

Wide angle view of the school grounds and buildings.

34. West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, W. Va.

35. Railroad Men, Grafton, W. Va.

The Dam facts: Supervision: Corps. U. S. Army Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Contractors: Frederick Snare Corp., New York, N. Y.; Width: 1900 FT.; Height: 265 Ft.; shoreline of Lake: 68.6 Miles.

36. Tygart River Dam and Reservoir (Tygart Lake)

37. Postcard with Photo of Main Street Grafton, W. Va.

38. Grafton, W. Va.

The price of gas is posted at 15.6

39. Two Women at Gas Pump, Grafton, W. Va.

40. Below the Dam on Tygart Lake

A picture taken at dawn.

41. Tygart Lake Waterscape near Grafton, W. Va.

42. Grave Markers in the U. S. National Cemetery, Grafton, W. Va.

43. Farmer with his Mule Team and Wagon, Grafton, W. Va.

Now the International Mothers Day Shrine.

44. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

45. Performers on Stage at Radio Ranch near Grafton, W. Va.

46. Pruntytown, W. Va.

47. West Virginia Reform School, Taylor County, W. Va.

Also known as the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys.

48. West Virginia Reform School, Pruntytown, W. Va.

49. Cather Street, Flemington, W. Va.

50. Flemington High School, Flemington, W. Va.

51. Students in front of Flemington High School, Flemington, W. Va.

52. Methodist Protestant Church in Flemington, W. Va.

53. Bridge and Homes in Flemington, W. Va.

54. Coal Company Store, Rosemont, W. Va.

55. G. M. Yates' Concert Band, Flemington, W. Va.

56. Brown's Concert Band in Rosemont Area, Taylor County, W. Va.

57. Baptist Church, Flemington, W. Va.

58. Flemington High School, W. Va.

The house is located in Taylor Co. between Bridgeport and Flemington, W. Va.

59. M. L. Shields and Residence, Tyrconnell, W. Va.

60. Flemington Baseball Team, Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

Dr. Asford Brown's wife's family.

61. Harrison M. Johnson Family Group Portrait

62. Customers and Employees at the Western Union Telegraph Office Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

63. Flood Aftermath on the River near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

64. Distant View of a River and Houses Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

65. Sawmill Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

66. Site of Train Wreck Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

67. Railroad Crew Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

68. Railroad Tunnel Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

'First row, left to right: Walter Painter, Ray Bodkin, Lon Bodkin, Tommy Painter. Second row, left to right: Parion Cowger, Jessie Painter, Lynn Conrad, Lola Cowger, Myrtle Hevener, Oscar Painter. Third row, left to right: Ola Homan, Jessie Hammer (Teacher), Fanny Conrad.

69. Class Photo Painter School, Taylor County, W. Va.

70. Bridge Leading into Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

Typescript on the back of photograph: 'Photo Number: WV-514-5; Location: Tygart Valley SCD - Taylor County; Pond on Dr. Haislip's farm near Grafton, W. Va.  Good pastures, hay and beef cattle combine with adequate water supply to give a picture of prosperity.'

71. Farm of Dr. Haislip Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

72. Sawmill near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

73. Bank of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

74. Houses on Hill Next to River near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

75. Community Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

76. Scene Near Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

77. Costumed Flemington High School Thespians, Taylor County, W. Va.

78. Customers in Front of A. Rightmire Store near Grafton in Taylor County, W. Va.

79. Logging Crew and Horses on a Bridge in Taylor County, W. Va.

80. Administration Building, W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Grafton, W. Va.

81. W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

82. Stephenson Cottage West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

Kunst Cottage and the Automobile Tag Factory at the W. Va. Industrial School for Boys.

83. West Virginia Industrial School For Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

84. W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Davison Cottage, Taylor County, W. Va.

Part of the Industrial School for Boys.

85. Jones Farm Near Pruntytown,Taylor County, W. Va.

86. Administration Building, W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Grafton, W. Va.

87. Berkshire Sows Grazing at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

88. Field Work at the West Virginia Industrial School For Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

89. Automobile License Tag Plant and Kunst Cottage at West Virginia Industrial School For Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

90. Central Plant at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

91. Stephenson Cottage West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

92. Barnes' School and Davidson Cottage at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

93. Colored Boys' Cottage at the West Virginia Reform School, Taylor County, W. Va.

94. Robinson Cottage at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

95. Administration Building, W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Grafton, W. Va.

96. Administration Building, W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Grafton, W. Va.