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Students at recess at the Spruce School in the lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va. Shows children, school, outhouse.

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Western Maryland Train is parked on the track in front of company houses in the lumber town of Spruce, on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va.

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Six older students at Spruce School. Teacher was Ruth Blackhurst. In the picture: Bob Nelson, Oneda Powers, Barbara Nelson and Butch Cousins. The lumber town of Spruce was on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va.

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Ruth Blackhurst, 19 years old, teacher at Spruce School in the lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain, above Cass, W.Va. Shown with dog in front of company houses.

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Students at Spruce School during recess. Grades 1 through 8, teacher was Ruth Blackhurst. Shows students looking out of windows. The lumber town of Spruce was on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va.

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Students exiting the Spruce School for recess. Grades 1 through 8, teacher was Ruth Blackhurst. The lumber town of Spruce was on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va.

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A small black and white dog looking out on the log pond at the old lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va. Shows company houses, Western Maryland train and train underpass.

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Ruth Blackhurst, 19 years old, teacher at Spruce School in the lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain, above Cass, W.Va. Seated on Western Maryland Railroad Bridge with company houses in backgrounds.

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Group of students at the Spruce School In the old lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va. Grades 1-8, Teacher: Ruth Blackhurst who was 19 yrs. Old. Students are Seated outside with house visible in background.

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Pocahontas Lumber Company Buidling in logging town of Burner, W.Va. Young boys and men in suits are standing by track in front of building. A man can be seen in a hammock on the house porch at top of photo. Burner is on the West Fork of theā€¦

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Business district on East side of Cass, W.Va. Following Greenbrier River Flood. Visible landmarks include Cooper's Store and the iron bridge crossing the river

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Three camp cooks standing in the kitchen area of the dining hall at the Campbell Lumber Co.

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Louis Clinton Wright delivered goods from the store in Thornwood to the logging camps. Pictured in his buggy with two horses, Kit and Kate.

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Unidentified group of loggers and others at a lumber camp near the town of Thornwood (Dunlevie).

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School at the lumber town of Dunlevie - later renamed Thornwood
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