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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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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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Small log train with five men and three cars loaded with logs in Pocahontas County, W.Va. Possibly on Thorny Creek.

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Teamster, lumberjacks and a team of horses skidding logs. Young boy is behind on horseback.

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Two men and small child on stools, man behind counter, inside Shorty's Restaurant in Cass, W.Va.

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Unknown saw mill operation in Davis, W.Va. View of train track, Shay engines, workers and mill yard.

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Scene from Cass, W. Va. from the east side of the Greenbrier River. Shows view of the company store and the residential section of company houses.

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Aerial view of sawmill operations at Watoga, located on the Greenbrier River near Seebert, W.Va. Mill first operated by J. R. Droney Lumber Co., then W. A. Tombs Lumber Co., then Watoga Lumber Company. Company houses in background.

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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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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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Five river arks prepared for a log drive in Pocahontas County, W.Va. One appears to be under construction.

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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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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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View of the original Cass Station with millyard of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in the background.

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James Omer Corbett, front second from right, with a group of loggers near Dunmore. Father of Nina Gertrude Corbett Brooks.

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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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Harter Brothers Lumber Company mill, houses, stacks of lumber and railroad tracks, located at Harter 5 miles northeast of Marlinton, W.Va.

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Harter Brothers Lumber Company mill, houses, stacks of lumber and railroad tracks, located at Harter 5 miles northeast of Marlinton, W.Va. Sign on mill building reads "Harter Bros Mill"

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Men on wrecked train car at Watoga
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