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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