Group of people standing around a train engine belonging to the Hosterman Lumber Company. The boiler on the Climax engine exploded on July 26, 1906 coming across the top of Little Mountain near Cass, W.Va. The explosion occurred behind the Uriah…
Two families with children standing in front of large building at a log camp in northern Pocahontas County, W.Va. Possibly Camp No. 4 on North Fork of Deer Creek.
Winter scen of a portable saw mill on Brown's Creek near Huntersville, W.Va. Shows stacks of lumber and two teams of horses. Pictured left to right: Austin Sharp, Collins, Jim Collins, Joe Webb, Harry Pritt, Ed McLaughlin (holding horse), Luther…
Logging crew in northern Pocahontas County, W.Va. Number marker on photo: 1. Bland Nottingham, 2. Lewis Collins, 3. Charley Nottingham, 4. Cook, James Kirkpatrick
West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company log loader with men loading logs on track. In loader with hat on: Ed Hudson. On right end of log: Austin Nottingham. 2nd from right end: Lewis Collins.
Log camp crew, men and women, at Boyer Siding. Number marked on photo: 1. Will Arbogast, 2. Lewis Collins, 3. Jesse Hudson, 4. Eugene Kelley, 5. Ed Galford, 6. Arch Galford, 7. Frank Ashford, 8. Blanche Kennedy, 9. Orin Gillispie. Also in picture are…
"a recent forest fire at Pocahontas Lumber Company camp near Little River" is the description written by the photographer, Huron H. Smith, who was then a dendrologist at the Field Museum. Image is from a glass negative.
"a recent forest fire at Pocahontas Lumber Company camp near Little River" is the description written by the photographer, Huron H. Smith, who was then a dendrologist at the Field Museum. Image is from a glass negative.