Lincoln S. Cochran and Ross O. Hamrick with Dog on Moonshine Still at Marlinton Train Station

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Title

Lincoln S. Cochran and Ross O. Hamrick with Dog on Moonshine Still at Marlinton Train Station

Date

ca. 1914

Description

Sheriff Lincoln S. Cochran with his dog is on the left and Ross O. Hamrick is on the right with a moonshine still that they have confiscated. The picture was staged on the platform at the train depot in Marlinton with C. J. Richardson Hardware in the background. Cochran was a Prohibition lawman being appointed Constable at Cass in 1905 then elected Sheriff of Pocahontas County in 1912.

Place

Marlinton, W.Va.

Source

Rebecca Cochran

Identifier

PHP003345

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Format

Photograph

Citation

“Lincoln S. Cochran and Ross O. Hamrick with Dog on Moonshine Still at Marlinton Train Station,” PRESERVING POCAHONTAS: ~ Pocahontas County W. Va. ~ Digital Archive, accessed June 10, 2026, http://pocahontaspreservation.org/omeka/items/show/1861.

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