Job Title:
Preservation Officer
Organization:
Pocahontas County Preservation Project
Recent Articles
February 28th, 2013
Road construction crew on the Droop Mountain section of U.S. Route 219 in 1936. The Civilian Conservation Corps was working at Camp Price during this time constructing Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park. (Courtesy of Mike Smith, ID: PHP000113)
February 21st, 2013
Group of men and women going to a dance at Minnehaha Springs in 1912. This photograph comes from an album which belonged to Frances “Fannie” Golden Overholt. The photo album is in the archives at the Historical Society Museum in Marlinton.
February 14th, 2013
These men are working with a portable steam engine on a farm near Huntersville. The large stack appears to be a bark pile. If anyone can tell what they are doing please give a call. The people in the photo are as follows:
February 7th, 2013
Dr. Frank C. Nickell, Veterinary Surgeon for the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in Cass. The photo, dated October 14, 1918, shows Doc Nickell on a handcart, most likely near the town of Spruce. A log landing can be seen on the hill next to the tracks.
January 31st, 2013
The Lobelia Farm Women are pictured at their Christmas meeting in this photograph taken at the Lobelia Lodge Hall on December 30, 1953. Names are from left to right. Kneeling: Nancy Kellison and Josephine Vaughan.
January 24th, 2013
Who would ever guess, looking at the fancy clothing and bows in their hair, that these young ladies are basketball players? This is the Durbin Graded School Girls Basketball Team of 1918.
January 17th, 2013
Shay No. 8 is pictured here at the Spruce water tank. Built in 1912, this was the first big Shay engine purchased at Cass. According to Roy Clarkson, she weighed 120 tons with cylinders 15- inches in diameter, a 17-inch stroke and 40-inch drivers.
January 3rd, 2013
The last train on the Greenbrier Branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio passed through Marlinton on December 28, 1978. The crew members on that last run were J. L. Ryan, Brakeman; W. C. Cole, Brakeman; L. R. Ratliff, Conductor; W. W. Bulmer, Engineer.
December 27th, 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Preserving Pocahontas! This is one of my favorite family holiday photos. It shows my mother and my grandmothers celebrating Christmas at our home on Second Avenue in Marlinton.
December 13th, 2012
Author Pearl S. Buck with Marie Orndorff Leist at The Greenbrier Hotel on March 5, 1970. Mrs. Leist, born in in Arbovale, was President of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation.
December 6th, 2012
A group of young people at the entrance to Rock House Cave near Rush Run in Buckeye on August 19, 1901. The women are wearing corsages, holding flowers, and some of the men are sporting boutonnieres. Not sure if this is a wedding party.
November 29th, 2012
A hunting party in Pocahontas County bringing their deer out of the woods. Scot Kelley and Wilbur Kelley are identified as the two men in the center of the photograph. (Courtesy of Pocahontas County Historical Society, ID: PHS000157)
November 21st, 2012
The Bank of Durbin under construction during the winter of 1904-1905. The town of Durbin, incorporated on June 20, 1906, was built on land owned by John T. McGraw and named for his brother-in-law and Grafton bank teller, Charles R. Durbin. Sr. The Bank of Durbin opened for business in 1905. E.
November 15th, 2012
A group of “Boys in Service” in front of the Pocahontas County Courthouse in Marlinton. All World War II enlistees in the county on any given day were lined up for a group photograph. Cal Gay took this group photo on May 13, 1943.
November 8th, 2012
Halloween pranksters left their mark on Marlinton’s Main Street as shown in this photograph taken following Hallow-“eve” in 1906. A pair of empty trousers can be seen suspended above the street.