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"American Coal Company. The first commercial coal mine west of the Allegheny Mountains. The mine was opened in 1852. It was located in Fairmont, one block below the Watson Hotel on the Monongahela River and at the Baltimore [and] Ohio Railroad passanger station. The mine was opened in 1852 by James Otis Watson Of Fairmont. Scene shows 'Fairmont from the east side showing newspaper Building, 'Church on the Hill', and the hotel which later became the Hough House and the Skinner's Tavern."

1. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from the East Side

Marion Machine Works, Helmicks Foundry on Water Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

2. Marion Machine Works, Fairmont, W. Va.

3. Fairmont State Normal School Baseball Team

People on sidewalks next to trolley cars traveling in downtown Fairmont.

4. First Inter-Urban Cars Leaving for Clarksburg from Court Square in Fairmont, W. Va.

The Florence Belle pulling up to the edge of the river next to a train. 'At foot of Quincy St., showing Capt. Walker's House and Cal Arnett's home, one of the first modern homes in the city.'

5. Steamboat Florence Belle at Fairmont, W. Va.

A drugstore lines the street with people standing out front.

6. Jefferson St. at Adams, Fairmont, W. Va.