Preserving Pocahontas

Gradie Walton – Hillsboro, 1921 Lewis Wickes Hine took this photograph near Hillsboro on October 6, 1921. He describes the...

Young People in Huntersville – circa 1908 A group of young people in Huntersville, W.Va. The only person identified in...

Sherman Hammons - Pioneer Days 1975 Sherman Hammons, of Williams River, competes in the fiddle competition at the 1975 Pioneer...

Marlinton Parade – circa 1910 The old Bank of Marlinton building is the backdrop for this parade photo on Marlinton’s...

Campbell Lumber Co. - circa 1919 View of the Campbell Lumber Company mill and log holding pond at Campbelltown. Pocahontas...

EDHS Sophomores - 1926 The 1926 Sophomore Class at Edray District High School (later Marlinton High School). The photo was...

Shay Near Spruce – circa 1920 Two well-dressed men pose beside a Shay Engine hauling a load of slabs near...

Moore Lumber Company - circa 1918 Group of sawmill workers at the Moore Lumber Company on Locust Creek.. (Pocahontas Co....

Howard Raymond Wilfong – MIA – 1946  “Lest We Forget” Howard Raymond Wilfong, Marlinton, W.Va. U.S. Navy. Fire Controlman, Third...

Portrait of Unknown Children – circa 1912 Dollie Varner Simmons sent in this portrait of three unidentified children, most likely...

Hillsboro Farm Women - 1960 Members of the Hillsboro Farm Women’s Club in a photo taken in 1960. These are...

Happy Mother’s Day!Myrtle Rogers and Son – circa 1919 Myrtle Grace Rider Rogers, wife of Hugh Rogers, with her baby...

Ruth Morgan at PSB Birthplace - 1974 Ruth Morgan of the Marlinton Woman’s Club is pictured in period dress at...

Spruce School - 1946 Students at the Spruce School during recess in 1946. The school was for grades 1 through...

Arden G. Killingsworth, WWI - 1918 Arden George Killingsworth, of Marlinton, poses in uniform at Camp Hancock, Georgia, in 1918...

Class at Sunset School - 1921 “School in Session” is the title of this photograph taken by Lewis Wickes Hine...

Couple at Droop Overlook - circa 1940 An unidentified couple poses for a photo at the Scenic Overlook on Droop...

Track Removal at Clover Lick - 1980 This picture reminds me of a song from Mick Souter, “The Dying Day...

Mill at Burner - circa 1910 Mill operation at Burner, north of Durbin. The timber on a tract of 9,070...

Court Street Marlinton – circa 1915 This is a colorized postcard that is being published here in black and white....