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Six men gathered around a wrecked log train near Cass, W.Va. In the Spring of 1920.

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Men beside of a train track at an unknown lumber camp in northern Pocahontas County. In picture: Morgan Rader, Philip Rader, Willie Bright, Jim Wenger, Sherm Bright, Rily Griffin, Norman Wilfon, Carl Arbogast,Clifford, Joe Kerr

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Unknown man standing beside Shay No. 13 parked at the extract plant of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in Cass, W.Va.

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Group of lumberjacks removing bark from a fallen tree in northern Pocahontas County. In picture: Ed Galford, Bill Malcomb, Carl Arbogast, Jim Wenger, Sherm Bright, a Rexrode, Morgan Rader, a Phillips

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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. Wide view

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Unknown logging train wreck. Shows men with wreck and Shay engine. Historical Society Card File Record says: Unamis, Penn.

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Groups of nine loggers with their tools in the woods. View shows log with bark peeled and man with cross-cut saw over his shoulder.

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Logging Crew in woods on Cheat Mountain in northern Pocahontas County. Loggers were from camp belonging to West Virginai Pulp and Paper Co.

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Logging Crew at Little River on East Fork of the Greenbrier River at Thornwood. Views show loggers with tools and large logs. Left to right: Astin Sharp,Galford,Lewis Galford,Russ Gum sitting on log,unknown,Burley Williams,Roy Syder,Roy…

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Logging Camp No. 6 at Rocky Gulch in Horton, W.Va. Two larger log buildings and a number of small buildings on either side of a railroad track. Signs of active timbering with felled trees on hillsides.

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A group of loggers at a logging camp on Cheat Mountain in northern Pocahontas County. Camp belonged to West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.

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Blue Jay Lumber Company railroad cars of logs overturned in Blue Jay, W.Va.

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Otter Creek Boom and Lumber Co. log loader #2, Hambleton, Tucker County. View shows 3 men and logs on a rail car

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Otter Creek Boom and Lumber Co. log loader, operated by Lem Shrader seen in the cab. George Carpenter is at right on the log. Otter Creek Boom and Lumber was based in Hambleton, Tucker County. Location of photo is unknown.

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Large log drive probably on the Greenbrier River. A good number of men standing on the logs.

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Lower row of house and church at original location in Warntown. Warn Lumber Company operation located at Stamping Creek near Mill Point, W.Va. Also shows lumber and raised railroad tracks.

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Two story hotel at Sitlington, south of Cass, W.Va. Owner and his family, Mr. and Mrs. North Nottingham and son Carl, are seen in the front yard

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A group of workers at the Hosterman Mill on the Greenbrier River near Durbin. Hosterman was also called Hiner Town. Milton Gum is in the group.

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Wilmoth and Kerr Store on Main Street in Durbin, W.Va. H. E. White (left) and J. D. Wilmoth, Owner (right) are standing in front of store.
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