Picnic to Blackwater Falls, Davis, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 050638
- Collection Number:
- 4151
- Title:
- Picnic to Blackwater Falls, Davis, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1910
- Description:
- This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Large group of unidentified people, men in left car and women in the right car, pose in train cars while taking the railroad to Blackwater Falls for a picnic.
- Subjects:
- Railroads--West Virginia--Tucker County., Railroad tracks--West Virginia--Tucker County., Lumber trade--West Virginia--Davis., Portraits--Group., Lumber trade--West Virginia--Tucker County., Picnicking--West Virginia.
- Family Names:
- Thompson family.
- Geographic:
- Blackwater Falls State Park (W. Va.), Tucker County (W. Va.), Davis (W. Va.)
- Acquisition Source:
- Fletcher, Sarah T.
- Acquisition Method:
- Gift
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView