Preserving Pocahontas

This winter scene shows Gerry and Arthur Briggs with axes and a crosscut saw at an unknown timbering site in Pocahontas County. The photo dates to the early 1900s and may have been taken on Cheat Mountain near Spruce. Photo Courtesy of Pocahontas Co. Historical Society, ID: PHS002644

Access the “Preserving Pocahontas” Digital Library at www.pocahontaspreservation.org or www.preserv ingpocahontas.org If you have photographs or documents to be scanned for the county Historical Archive Project contact Preservation Officer B. J. Gudmundsson at 304-799-3989 or email info@pocahontaspreservation.org Prints of photographs from the archives are available.

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Students at the West Droop School.
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World War II portrait of Norma.
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Fire in the Hole! Dynamite shatters.
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Civilian Conservation Corps workers, Noble Shaffer.
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This year’s Christmas card comes from.
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Wedding portrait of Beatrice Bessie Blackhurst.
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Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Lockridge.
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A group of loggers are resting.
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These local sportsmen pose for a.
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John Ray “Chipper” Williams was born.
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These Pocahontas County men were called.
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The water tank, covered in ice,.
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Composite of the Marlinton Junior High.
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Baby portrait of Edith Kelmenson, born.
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A beautiful night photo of Shay.
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A small unidentified sawmill operation in.
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Rivers Arks accompanying a log drive.
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The photograph of 12-year old Guy.
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The students at Wesley Chapel School.
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Ruth Blackhurst, the teacher at Spruce.