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193. Drawing of the Steamboat Bertrand on the Missouri River

A popular school for young ladies under the directorship of James and Elizabeth Moore. Subsequently the building was donated to help establish West Virginia University in 1867 and was used as a dormitory for young men. It stood where Woodburn Hall now stands, and  was destroyed by fire in 1873.

194. Woodburn Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

195. Steamboat Advertising Poster for Montana and Idaho Transportation Lines

Civil War military camp at New Creek (Now Keyser), W. Va.

196. Camp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgold) Cavalry, Union Army, New Creek (Keyser), W.Va.

'10/15/1839 - 10/13/1923; m. Caroline Margaret (Carrie) Watson in 09/07/1865'

197. Aretas Brooks Fleming

198. Packet boat and Batteaux at the foot of 8th Street, Richmond, Virginia. Harpers Weekly, October 14, 1865.

Seth Kinman, California Hunter and Trapper in a Grizzly-Bear Chair, this is presented to U.S. President Andrew Johnson.  "Entered according to Act of Congress by Seth Kinman in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office in the District Court for the District of Columbia."

199. Seth Kinman

Clarence Watson (1864-?) taken at the age of two years; he is a son of James Otis and Matilda Lamb Watson and a brother of Caroline Margaret Watson.

200. Clarence Watson

'Nathan Goff, Sr. (center), H. G. Davis (seated right), Jacob C. Beeson (standing right), Joseph Bell (seated left), Richard P. Camden (standing left)'

201. Finance Committee, West Virginia Legislature

202. Fairmont in 1866, Looking From Hamilton Hill, Marion County, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Wapacoma Temperance Society meeting a Romney Literary Society. 'The building was erected in 1815 and is one of the first Literary Societies in the United States. It still constitutes a central part of West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. The building was donated in 1870 to the state of West Virginia as a school for the deaf and blind.'

203. Wapacoma Temperance Society at the School for Deaf and Blind, Hampshire County, W. Va.

View of the old bridge built in 1867 and replaced by new bridge in 1925.

204. Bridge, Hardy County, W. Va.

First president of WVU.

205. West Virginia University President Alexander Martin

First President of WVU.  Copied from WVU: An Early Portrait by James Dawson.

206. West Virginia University President Alexander Martin

207. Portrait of Unidentified Woman

Drummond was a Methodist Minister. On the back of the photo, an inscription reads, "Yours truly. Dec. 1867. J. Drummond."

208. Portrait of James Henry Drummond

A view of Morgantown, West Virginia from the Westover side of the Monongahela River.

209. View of Morgantown, W. Va.

The jail served as the "lockup" for unruly citizens for many years after its construction in 1868. The old jail was located at the Avis Crossing on the location where the Richmond building now stands. The building was later converted into a store.

210. First Jail in Avis Crossing, W. Va.

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

A view of Morgantown, West Virginia. Taken near the bridge over the Monongahela River.

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

Side view of Georges Creek train engine and two crew members.

213. Locomotive Georges Creek Taken at Mt. Savage

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

Charles Edwin Ward (b. 9/5/1867 - d. 8/11/1941).

215. Charles Edwin Ward With His Father Charles Ward

View of Harman, W. Va.

216. Harman, W. Va.

The two women, likely sisters, are dressed in warm clothes.

217. Portrait of Two Women, Fairmont, W. Va.

218. Mrs. B. W. Foster

'Daughter of Aretas Brooks & Carrie Watson Fleming, her first silk dress.'

219. Gypsy Fleming, Age 14

Portrait of a gentleman and three ladies who were faculty members of Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia in 1869.

220. Faculty of Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va.

'Mrs. John L. Johnston; Died Feb. 1962'

221. Lucy B. (Johnson) Johnston

Greenbrier, White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia.  Standing:  General John W. Geary, General John B. Magruder, General Robert D. Lilley, General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Lewis Wallace, General Henry A. Wise, General Joseph L. Brent, General James Connor.  Sitting down:  Blacgue Bey, General R.E. Lee, George Peabody, W.W. Corcoran, James Lyons.

222. Soldiers and Citizens; Robert E. Lee with Former Union and Confederate Leaders

Greenbrier, White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia.  Standing:  General John W. Geary, General John B. Magruder, General Robert D. Lilley, General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Lewis Wallace, General Henry A. Wise, General Joseph L. Brent, General James Connor.  Sitting down:  Blacgue Bey, General R.E. Lee, George Peabody, W.W. Corcoran, James Lyons.

223. Soldiers and Citizens; Robert E. Lee with Former Union and Confederate Leaders

224. Negative Image of Horace Greeley

225. Drawing of the Cliffs at Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Military personnel are standing at attention in front of a cannon and Fife Cottage, West Virginia University.

226. Corps of Cadets Artillery Unit in front of Fife Cottage, West Virginia University

'Westward Ho - Delivered to Va. Central July 1857.  Picture taken at Winifred Junction 1870.  Andy F. Southworth, engineer, 'Barney' Hagen, fireman, standing on left side of pilot with tallow pot in his hand.'

227. Westward Ho Locomotive at Winifred Junction.

'Eng No. 33 Placed on Road 1870.'

228. Locomotive No. 33 and Crew

'C. & O. R.R. Locomotive #32; Builder Name--Danforth Loco, Co. placed in service 1870.  Cylinders 16" x 24"; weight of engines with three gauges of water 61650 pounds;  Diam drivers 60:; dimensions of fire box 58 1/2 feet by 35 feet by 60 1/2 feet; No. of Flues 149; Diam of flues 2 inches; length of flues 11 feet, 1 inch; Diam of Boiler 46 7/8 feet; Service Passenger.'

229. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 32

'Born 10/02/1868; daughter of Aretas Brooks and Carrie Watson Fleming.'

230. Gypsy Fleming, Age 2

231. Portrait of Behamin Koon

Nimrod Protzman was also an officer and musician during the Civil War, in Company E, 17th West Virginia Infantry.

232. Nimrod Protzman, Morgantown Musican

Lewis Hayes was the owner and manager of the Washington Hotel in Morgantown in the 1860s. In 1869 the building became the residence of Alexander Martin, the first president of West Virginia University.

233. Lewis Hayes of Morgantown, W. Va.

'Erected by the State-House Company at Charleston-on-Kanawha in 1870-1.'

234. Old State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

Drawing of Second State Capitol Building 'erected in Charleston W. Va., 1870-71, by the State-House Company.'

235. Old State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va.

'Property of F. C. Hough.'

236. Dr. Bonaparte Allsop, Morgantown, W. Va.

237. Chapman, Wade Riding a Horse in Webster County, W. Va.

Established in 1866. The route of the line ran from the Baltimore & Ohio's Parkersburg Branch, the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, north, east and west. In practice it went to the oilfield at Volcano and no farther. In the photograph, the name "Maj. W. R. Sterling" is written across the engine.

238. Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad Owned by William C. Stiles, Jr., William R. Sterling, J. N. Camden, Samuel D. Karns, and Austin Gunnison

'Born 10/02/1868; daughter of Aretas Brooks and Carrie Watson Fleming.'

239. Gypsy Fleming, Age 3

This is a photo of the Moorefield Presbyterian Church choir in Moorefield, West Virginia. The church was located in Hardy County. First Row: Mollie Gilkeson, Miss Annie Forrer, Sallie Taylor, Miss Katie Forrer, Kate McMechen. Second Row: James Nihiser, Nan Hyder, Mag Fravel, Sam Tucker, Miss Sallie Forrer, Luke Kuykendall, Virginia Maslin. Back Row: William H. Violet, William Eberly, John G. Kuhn, Mr. Mohler

240. Moorefield Presbyterian Church Choir, West Virginia

Tintype portrait of E.W. Strain of Brooke County, W. Va. Also inscribed on the back; "J. Z. Ellison . . .Yours Truly". J. Z. Ellison was a member of the Ellison-Dunlap family.

241. E.W. Strain, Brooke County, W. Va.

A tintype portrait of G.C. Updegraff, from the Ellison-Dunlap families collection, Monroe County.

242. G. C. Updegraff of West Tarrfield, Westmoreland County, Pa.

Drawing of Stonewall Jackson on his death bed, surrounded by doctors and officers.  Published by Currier and Ives.

243. Death of 'Stonewall' Jackson

244. Martin Hall and Woodburn Ladies Seminary, West Virginia University

245. Martin Hall, West Virginia University

Collected funds and started the erection of Andrews Church.

246. Rev. J. L. Clark

247. Great Falls, New River, W. Va.

The "Old White" is the predecessor of "The Greenbrier" in Greenbrier County.

248. Famous 'Old White', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

'1. Samuel Price - President; 2. Samuel Woods; Jas. S. Wheat; 4. Evermont Ward; 5. Benjamin F. Martin; 6. D. D. Johnson; 7. William K. Pendleton; 8. James M. Jackson; 9. Nicholas Fitsugh; 10. A. F. Haymond; 11. Charles J. Faulkner; 12. John Blair Dodge; 13. J. A. Robinson; 14. J. M. Hagens; 15. Charles W. Ferguson; 16. William W. Miller; 17. John S. Thompson; 18. D. A. Roberts; 19. J. M. Byrnside; 20. Benjamin Wilson; 21. Alexander Campbell; 22. William H. Travers; 23. William McCreery; 24. Joseph Snyder; 25. W. A. Morgan; 26. George O. Davenport; 27. Isiah Bee; 28. James D. Armstrong; 29. Thomas Maslin; 30. J. H. Atkinson; 31. A. J. Powell; 32. Septimius Hall (also written Septimus Hall); 33. Thomas Ferrell; 34. Lemuel Stump; 35. M. A. Staten; 36. U. N. Arnett; 37. John Bassel; 38. Jepitha Randolph; 39. B. W. Byrne; 40. William B. Brown; 41. J. F. Harding; 42. William Prince; 43. George H. Moffett; 44. W. G. H. Gore; 45. William D. Pate; 46. W. T. Willey; 47. John T. Pearce; 48. B. H. Lurty; 49. A. Monroe; 50. William Haines; 51. John A. Warth; 52. B. Jackson; 53. Charles Kantner; 54. A. W. McClearly; 55. Henry M. Matthews; 56. H. A. Holt; 57. D. H. Leonard; 58. James Calfee; 59. Edward B. Knight; 60. Thomas R. Park; 61. A. Cushing; 62. Thomas Thornburg; 63. Jas. M. Pipes; 64. Fontain Smith; 65. David A. Paul; 66. J. W. Gallagher; 67. A. H. Thayer; 68. Charles O. Boggs; 69. H. M. Dickenson; 70. Hanson Criswell; 71. Lewis Allen; 72. D. D. T. Farnsworth; 73. Charles Waggoner; 74. Okey Johnson; 75. J. N. B. Crim; 76. Logan Osbourn; 77. J. P. Strickler; 78. Unidentified; 79. B. H. Butcher; 80. B. A. Galligan; 81. Unidentified; 82. Unidentified; 83. A. J. Cunningham; 84. D. J. Wetzel; 85. Unidentified'

249. Members of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia

250. Portrait of Baby Cloyd Brown

251. Pate Protzman of Morgantown, W. Va.

252. Fire Damaged Woodburn Seminary and Martin Hall, West Virginia University

People stand on the stoop of the original building of the First National Bank in Grafton, W. Va.

253. Original Home of the First National Bank of Grafton, W. Va.

'Looking South West on 3rd Ave. from a point in front of the present Community Savings and Loan Bldg. The tent is S. E. corner of 9th St. and 3rd Ave.'

254. Crowd Watching a Tightrope Walker Above the Streets, Huntington, W. Va.

From left to right in the upper row standing is Robert Trent, Portia Lovett, Mary Ella Dixon, and Charlie Hale. Sitting from left to right is Walter Johnson, Alberta Redmond, Hamilton Keys, and Marcia Lovett. First concert was given in Buffalo, N.Y., May 2, 1873. They gave 40 concerts in the principal cities between Buffalo and Utica, going home, July 5, 1873.

255. Storer College Musical Group Members, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Portrait of young boy, possible the son of Nathaniel and Matilda Bailee. The album holding this tintype has the name card of Charles R. Bailee attached on the inside cover.

256. Charles R. Bailee

257. Judge James W. F. Allen

View of the Willis Home, 'Belleflevin' in Coalburgh. Edith and Will Edwards sitting on steps.'

258. Willis Home, Belleflevin in Coalburgh, Kanawha County, W. Va.

259. R. A. Kincaid, Summersville, W. Va.

Houses in the town of Grafton, W. Va.

260. Grafton, W. Va.

261. Portrait of Baby Cloydie

Located at 16th and Chapline Streets, this structure was built ca. 1870 to entice the state government to move the capital back to Wheeling. It worked, but only for approximately ten years when the capital was once again shifted to Charleston. The building was subsequently used for city and county governments and torn down in 1950.

262. Old State Capitol & City-County Building, Wheeling, W. Va.

'James Rowland, Pilot.'

263. Steam Locomotive, Grafton, W. Va.

Judge James W.F. Allen - Hardy Hampshire County Judge, 1873-1875.  Copied from photo in Hardy County Court House.

264. Judge James W. F. Allen, Hardy and Hampshire County, W. Va.

265. Portrait of T. P. Washington

Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.

266. Thurmond Coal Company Tipple

New River Coal Co. camp and side track at Caperton, W. Va.

267. Camp and Side Track, New River Coal Company at Caperton, W. Va.

Bottom camp at Erskine, Thurmond Coal Company

268. Bottom Camp at Erskine, Thurmond Coal Company

Scenic view of river and mountains from the head house at Fire Creek.

269. Scenic View from Fire Creek Head House

Men standing on near coke ovens of the New River Coal Co.

270. Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.

Power generator of the Thurmond Coal Co. Gentleman on the left is George Caperton.

271. Powerhouse of the Thurmond Coal Company, George Caperton on the Left

River that flows into the mine camp at Caperton, W. Va.

272. View of River to Camp at Caperton, New River Coal Company

Men and women standing on the railroad tracks outside of a New River Coal mine camp.

273. Camp and Side Track, New River Coal Company at Caperton, W. Va.

Top community at Concho, W. Va. The coal mine is on top of the mountain.

274. Thurmond Coal Coal Camp

Man standing outside of a powerhouse at the New River Coal Co. mine in Caperton, W. Va.

275. Powerhouse and Side Track, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.

View of Caperton, W. Va.

276. Community of Caperton, New River Coal Company

Haul road on top of mountain at Fire Creek.

277. Haul Road on Top of Mountain at Fire Creek

Shops on Railroad Street in 1876.

278. Oyster Bay Restaurant on Railroad Street in Grafton, W. Va.

Men standing next to the main line locomotive at Fire Creek.

279. Main Line Locomotive at Fire Creek

Men and lumber outside of the top head house at concho top community, Thurmond Coal Co.

280. Top Head House at Concho Top Community, Thurmond Coal Company

Men standing on top of the coke ovens at Caperton, W. Va.

281. Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.

Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.

282. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

Man standing on tracks next to tipple.

283. Thurmond Coal Company Tipple

Coke ovens of the New River Coal Co. at Caperton, W. Va.

284. Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.

Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.

285. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

Men outside of the entrance to the mine at Fire Creek.

286. Tunnel to Main Entry at Fire Creek

Haul road on top of mountain at Fire Creek.

287. Haul Road at Fire Creek on Top of Mountain at Fire Creek

View of the river, railroad, and houses at Caperton, W. Va.<br />

288. River View South of Caperton, W. Va.