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Postcard depicts two children overlooking the Tygart Dam.  Children are (left to right) Richard Ware and James Ware, both residents of Grafton at the time of the photo.Published by Rex Heck News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

1. Children Sit on Hill Overlooking Tygart Dam, Grafton, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1818.

2. Beulah Baptist Church of Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.

3. The First United Presbyterian Church of Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was originally established as the Fetterman Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 and is the "Mother of Methodism" in the area.

4. West Main Street Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1811 and the building served as a community "Meeting House" as well as a school.

5. Knottsville Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized as a part of the Simpson Creek Church in the Bailey Settlement in a circuit of churches in 1837.  A log meeting house was built in 1940.  The present building was built in 1903. The name of the church changed to Bailey Memorial in 1939.

6. Bailey Memorial Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The Claysville community first started gathering when a church was built in 1802.  In 1857 the Union Baptist Church was built. It later rebuilt in 1887 after a fire.

7. Union Baptist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1856.

8. Webster Baptist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

The church was first built in 1857 as a log building. The church moved in 1884 and a new building was built by the community.

9. Webster Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.

Agricultural land being stripped by the C and P Coal Company in Taylor County. After mining, this land will be leveled and sloped for drainage, then restored to productive farm cover.

10. C and P Coal Company Strip Mine; Taylor County, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

11. Post Office Building, Grafton, W. Va.

12. Possibly Trapp Springs, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.

13. Administration Building, W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Grafton, W. Va.

Kunst Cottage and the Automobile Tag Factory at the W. Va. Industrial School for Boys.

14. West Virginia Industrial School For Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

View of Robinson Cottage in Taylor County.

15. Robinson Cottage at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

16. Stephenson Cottage West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

17. W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

18. Hatfield Cottage at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Taylor County, W. Va.

19. W. Va. Industrial School for Boys, Davison Cottage, Taylor County, W. Va.

Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

20. High School, Grafton, W. Va.

Published by I. Robbins and Son. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

21. Baltimore and Ohio Station and Willard Hotel, Grafton, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

22. Taylor County Bank, Grafton, W. Va.

Published by I. Robbins & Son. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

23. Bird's Eye View of West Side Residence Section, Grafton, W. Va.

24. Bank of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.