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.
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."
'Nathan Goff, Sr. (center), H. G. Davis (seated right), Jacob C. Beeson (standing right), Joseph Bell (seated left), Richard P. Camden (standing left)'
Wapacoma Temperance Society at the School for Deaf and Blind, Hampshire County, W. Va.
Date:
1867
Description:
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.'
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.
Soldiers and Citizens; Robert E. Lee with Former Union and Confederate Leaders
Date:
1869/08
Description:
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.
Soldiers and Citizens; Robert E. Lee with Former Union and Confederate Leaders
Date:
1869/08
Description:
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.
'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.'
'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.'
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.
Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad Owned by William C. Stiles, Jr., William R. Sterling, J. N. Camden, Samuel D. Karns, and Austin Gunnison
Date:
1870/December
Description:
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.
Moorefield Presbyterian Church Choir, West Virginia
Date:
1871
Description:
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