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Car driving on the road next to the railroads at Glen Jean in Fayette County.

1. Glen Jean, Fayette County, W. Va.

2. Street Scene at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

Street scene showing bus depot in Montgomery, West Virginia.

3. Bus Depot, Montgomery, W. Va.

4. Route 60,Gauley Bridge at Confluence of Gauley, New and Kanawha Rivers in Fayette County, W. Va.

Next to the Gauley bridge, you can see piers that were destroyed during the Civil War.

5. Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of Route 60 at Gauley Junction. High cliffs one mile east of Gauley Bridge.

6. Route 60 at Gauley Junction, Fayette County, W. Va.

Aerial view of the New River Canyon near Gauley Bridge.

7. New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

Aerial view of the New River Canyon near the Gauley Bridge.

8. New River Canyon Near the Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

Daniel Boone camp ground east of Montgomery West Virginia on Route 60.

9. Daniel Boone Camp Ground, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of a car driving down Route 60 on Gauley Mountain.

10. Route 60 on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

Scenes from Route 60 showing Route 19-21, Cotton Hill.

11. Scene from Route 60 Showing Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.

Camp Rock near the Gauley Bridge. Daniel Boone camped here.

12. Camp Rock, Fayette County, W. Va.

Lover's Leap rock cliff '540 ft.' over looking the New River Canyon near Lover's Leap tourist camp in Ansted, West Virginia.

13. Lovers' Leap Over Looking the New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

14. Route 60 and Bridge at Glen Ferris, Fayette County, W. Va.

15. Kanawha River at Gauley Bridge, W. Va.

New River Canyon on Route 60 three miles east of Gauley Bridge.

16. New River Canyon on Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

Aerial view of Lover's Leap '500 feet high' near Ansted.

17. Aerial View of Lover's Leap, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of Hawks Nest near Ansted.

18. Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

Road scene on Fayette Mountain.

19. Fayette Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of Hawk's Nest Dam from Lover's Leap near Ansted on Route 60.

20. Hawk's Nest Dam, Fayette County, W. Va.

Hawk's Nest Dam as viewed from Hawks Nest Rock.

21. Hawk's Nest Dam, Fayette County, W. Va.

Lover's Leap is 500 feet high and over looks the New River Canyon on Route 60 near Ansted West Virginia.

22. Lovers' Leap, Fayette County, W. Va.

Scene on Cotton Hill cut-off Road near Cotton Hill.

23. Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.

New River Canyon showing Route 19-21 east of Gauley Bridge.

24. New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

Hawk's Nest Dam tunnel project at Gauley Junction.

25. Hawk's Nest Dam Tunnel Project, Fayette County, W. Va.

Hawk's Nest Dam tunnel project at Gauley Junction.

26. Hawk's Nest Dam Tunnel Project, Fayette County, W. Va.

High cliffs east of Gauley Bridge on Route 60 at Gauley Junction.

27. High Cliffs on Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

Gauley Bridge where the Gauley and New River form the Kanawha.

28. Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

Scenes on Cotton Hill cut-off Road.

29. Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.

30. New River Canyon with Power Plant Pool, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of a flat top mountain with an elevation of 3500 feet.

31. Flat Top Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

View from Hawk's Nest showing Lover's Leap on Route 60.

32. View of Lover's Leap from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of Lover's Leap on Route 60 in Ansted.

33. Lovers' Leap, Ansted, W. Va.

Scene on Gauley Mountain on Route 60 near Hawk's Nest.

34. Scene on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of a dam from Hawk's Nest, over 500 feet high, on Route 60 near Ansted.

35. Scenic View of a Dam from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

Built 1868 by Henry Rigg and operated by him and his decendants until 1898 when it was destroyed by a fire. See Kanawha Falls story. 'Robert B. Rigg, Rt. 1 - Box 40-A, Alderson, W. Va.'

36. Kanawha Falls Hotel, Fayette County, W. Va.

37. Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of the New River Canyon near Cotton Hill.

38. New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

39. Blue Hole Railway Tunnel, Gauley Junction, Fayette County, W. Va.

40. Scene on Gauley Mountain, Route 60 near Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

Falls on the New River in Sandstone, West Virginia.

41. Falls on the New River, Fayette County, W. Va.

Aerial view of the Gauley Bridge on Route 60.

42. Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

43. Hawk's Nest Dam Viewed from Lover's Leap in Fayette County, W. Va.

The modern Conley Hotel at Gauley Bridge in Fayette County.

44. Conley Hotel at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

45. View of the New River at Gauley Junction, Fayette County, W. Va.

People looking at the aerial view of Hawk's Nest Rock and New River Canyon.

46. Hawk's Nest Rock and New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

47. Train Tracks and the Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

Car driving down Route 60 on Gauley Mountain.

48. Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

49. Route 60 on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of Kanawha Falls near the Gauley Bridge in Fayette County.

50. View of Kanawha Falls, Fayette County, W. Va.

51. View at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

Old Man of the Canyon on Route 19-21 east of the Gauley Bridge.

52. Old Man of the Canyon, on Route 19 and 21 near Chimney Corner, New River, W. Va.

53. Kanawha Falls on Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

Falls of the Kanawha. Old Stockton Tavern and coach on James River and Kanawha Turnpike.

54. Falls of the Kanawha, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of the New River Canyon by the Gauley Bridge.

55. New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

Typical two-lane roadway section. Note the wide stabilized shoulders. Near Pax Fayette County Turnpike.

56. Two Lane Roadway Section, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of the New River at Gauley Junction that has been frozen over.

57. View of the New River at Gauley Junction, Fayette County, W. Va.

58. Ferry Landing at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

'Fayette County's unusual Great Natural Wonder: Old Rock Head. On Route 21 at Honey Creek Bridge at Chimney Corner near intersection with Route 60--the Midland Trail. Great Stone Face gazes over turbulent New River where stream plunges down rocky canyon. Natural rock face said to surpass Great Stone Face in White Mountains of New Hamshpire. Face best seen as one stands on Chimney Corner approach to high bridge over Honey Creek on way to Fayetteville.'

59. Old Rock Head, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of the rock fill for relocation at Gauley Bridge - U. S. 21-60.

60. Rock Fill for Relocation at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, W. Va.

Damaged to the front end of a vehicle in Fayette County.

61. Preparing to Tow a Car from an Accident Scene in Fayette County, W. Va.

62. Town of Beury on the New River, Fayette County, W. Va.

63. Looking East from Hawk's Nest, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Fayette County, W. Va.

64. New River Valley, Fayette County, W. Va.

A view of houses alongside a hill overlooking the New River in Thurmond, West Virginia. Photo by R. E. Ribble, Prince, West Virginia.

65. View of Thurmond, W. Va.

A view of Goudy's Creek Falls, near McKendree, in Fayette County.

66. Goudy's Creek Falls, Fayette County, W. Va.

67. View of the New River and Bridge from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

68. View of Dam and Reservoir from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

People enjoying the scenic view of the mountains and the river from Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.

69. View from Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

A view of the New River and rapids from Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.

70. Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

71. Hawk's Nest Dam, Fayette County, W. Va.

Taken from Nature by Ed Beyer. Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed Beyer in the Clerk's Office of the District of Virginia. From the Album of Virginia, illustrated by Ed Beyer in 1858. From the photo collection of Gerald W. Sutphin. Library of Congress Print and Photographic Section F34A, No. 34-12, No. 4387B.

72. Illustration of Hawk's Nest, Fayette County, W. Va.

Construction on the dam at Hawk's Nest.

73. Hawk's Nest Dam Project, Fayette County, W. Va.

74. Electrometallurgical Plant at Alloy on U. S. 21-60, Fayette County, W. Va.

A view of the New River Canyon, near Gauley Bridge, in Fayette County, West Virginia. 'Showing surge basin on left and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad on right. Outlet to three-mile length tunnel at Hawk's Nest. Kyle McCormick, The New - Kanawha River, page 94.'

75. New River Canyon, Fayette County, W. Va.

76. Traffic on U. S. 60 at Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

77. New River and Hawk's Nest, from Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W.Va.

'From here you can see Gauley.  To right is a cellar cavity.  Start at contractor's shack, about three miles from Gauley, follow path through woods.'

78. Ruins of the Tompkins House, Fayette County, W. Va.

79. U.S. Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

80. Traffic on U. S. 21, Mount Hope, Fayette County, W. Va.

81. Traffic and Parked Cars on Route 60 in Montgomery, Fayette County, W. Va.

82. Ferrying Cars Across the River at Montgomery, Fayette County, W. Va.

83. Aerial View of Construction at Hawks Nest Dam in Fayette County, W. Va.

Motto 'Montani Semper Liberi' appears on the front of the station house. Fire truck on the left is a 1940 American LaFrance L-1185 model.

84. Mount Hope Firemen, Fire Trucks, and Station House, Fayette County, W. Va.

View of the Electro Metallurgical Company Plant at Alloy, W. Va. ' At Alloy, in the Kanawha River Valley in West Virginia, is located one of the ferro-alloy plants of Electro Metallurgical company. Here, ores from the far places of the earth are compounded and smelted in electric furnaces to produce ferro-alloys of chromium, manganese, silicon, vanadium, tungsten, and zirconium -- essential in making iron, steel, and other metals. One of the important products of this plant is low-carbon ferrochrome, which is used in the manufacture of stainless steel for thousands of uses in industry and in the home. A forerunner of the Alloy plant, farther up the river at Glen Ferris, started smelting ferrochrome as early as 1896. Several buildings of the metallurgical works at Alloy are pictured in the color photograph on the reverse. In the photograph can be seen the tall chimneys of the power plant and the brightly lighted windows furnace rooms.'

85. Electro Metallurgical Plant at Alloy on U. S. 21-60, Fayette County, W. Va.

86. Van Bibber Rock Fayette County, W. Va.

87. Keeney's Creek Falls, Near Nuttallburg, Fayette County, W. Va.

88. Passengers Await Train at Mt. Carbon Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.

Sandstone, which is a most difficult material to drill and blast, is one of the predominant materials that had to be excavated for the roadway construction, as shown in this section of the highway north of Long Branch, Fayette County.

89. Section of Highway Showing Sandstone North of Long Branch, Fayette County, W. Va.

90. Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River; Fayette Co., W. Va.

91. Half-Way House at Ansted, W. Va.

"The Old Tavern was one of best known and patronized taverns anywhere along the Old James River and Kanawha Turnpike."

92. Old Tavern on Midland Trail, Ansted W. Va.

93. Shay Locomotive, Log Train, and Peerless Crew

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On back of portrait "Geo. L. Ballard."

94. Group Portrait of Central-Southern HI-Y Work Conference at Mount Hope, W. Va.

95. View of Dam on a River with Large Building in the Distance

96. Group Portrait in Front of Waterfall, Fayette County, W. Va.