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"This pipeline crew was laying the line that started on the Newt Michael Farm (Monongalia County) on Little Indian Creek. This line connected with another at Ball (or Bald) Hill and then went on into Pittsburgh. (This pipeline carried natural gas while others carried crude oil.)"

1. Oil and Gas Pipeline Crew, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
016951
Title:
Oil and Gas Pipeline Crew, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1905
Description:
"This pipeline crew was laying the line that started on the Newt Michael Farm (Monongalia County) on Little Indian Creek. This line connected with another at Ball (or Bald) Hill and then went on into Pittsburgh. (This pipeline carried natural gas while others carried crude oil.)"
"This farm is located between Laurel Point and Little Indian Creek off the old Morgantown-Fairmont Pike. The farm descended to his son, John Fox, and then to John's son Gilbert Fox. In those times (ca. 1900s) the neighbors helped one another harvest. It took considerable horse power and man power to get all the hay stacked."

2. Harvesting the Hay Crop on the Patent Fox Farm, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
016953
Title:
Harvesting the Hay Crop on the Patent Fox Farm, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1905
Description:
"This farm is located between Laurel Point and Little Indian Creek off the old Morgantown-Fairmont Pike. The farm descended to his son, John Fox, and then to John's son Gilbert Fox. In those times (ca. 1900s) the neighbors helped one another harvest. It took considerable horse power and man power to get all the hay stacked."