Preserving Pocahontas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! “A Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, is the wish I Send to you....

Christmas Pageant, Marlinton UMC - 1971 Beulah Moore as Mary, Sam Moore as Joseph, and Robert Myers as a Shepherd,...

Col. Robert Moore ReceivesOutstanding Service Award – Dec. 2003 Retired Colonel Robert K. Moore receives the Award for Outstanding Service...

Wimer’s Sawmill near Swago – circa 1925 Workers at John Wimer’s sawmill on McKeever land below Spruce Flats Road near...

Lloyd Kisner, Sr. Going Hunting - 1935 Lloyd E. Kisner, Sr. heading out on a deer hunt in Frank, W.Va....

Ethel Livesay’s Birthday in Durbin – circa 1911 Children and women are gathered on the porch of the C&O Section...

Called to Serve – July 24, 1942 These Pocahontas County men were called into service during World War II. This...

Stereogram of Beverage Camp – circa 1915 A stereogram produced by local photographer Harvey Bright shows the Beverage Camp Site...

Mt. Zion Church in the Hill Country – circa 1912 This is the Mt. Zion Church in the Hill Country...

Bargain House and Bank of Marlinton - 1902 This wonderful photograph from the Grace Williams Sharpenberg Collection shows one of...

The Stulting Family in Hillsboro – circa 1897 Members of the Stulting Family stand in front of their home, The...

Farms in Frost - 1921 The Herold Farm on the road approaching Frost, West Virginia, was one of the most...

Ginger’s Blacksmith Shop in Huntersville - 1893 George Ginger’s Blacksmith Shop in Huntersville, West Virginia, is shown in the photo...

Sherman and Lee Hammons – circa 1976 Old-time musicians Sherman Hammons (left) born 1903, and Lee Hammons (no relation) born...

Patsy Hall – GBHS 1954 Patsy Hall, in her Green Bank High School concert band uniform, holding the baritone horn....

Dwight Diller at Home on Brown’s Creek - 2014 Old-time musician Dwight Diller (August 17, 1946 - February 14, 2023)...

Stacking Lumber at Mill Point Prison – circa 1950 Prisoners stacking lumber at the Federal Prison near Mill Point, West...

House and Mill at Thornwood – circa 1918 This picture postcard shows part of the lumber town of Thornwood, W.Va....

Ed Williams with QueenPocahontas – County Fair 1955 Mr. E. H. Williams with Miss Nancy May who has just been...

Cass Switchboard Operators - 1961 Switchboard operators at the Telephone Utilities of West Virginia office in Cass, W.Va. prior to...