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'Cool Springs Grade School was a few miles southeast of Diana. Windows indicate that it was of late construction, probably about 1930. In 1934-1935, it became one of the first one-room model schools in Webster County. Many students who enrolled in Webster Springs High School had been pupils or teachers in one-room schools. In later years, alumni of the high school had an important role as teachers in one-room schools.'

1. Cool Springs Grade School, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015403
Title:
Cool Springs Grade School, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
'Cool Springs Grade School was a few miles southeast of Diana. Windows indicate that it was of late construction, probably about 1930. In 1934-1935, it became one of the first one-room model schools in Webster County. Many students who enrolled in Webster Springs High School had been pupils or teachers in one-room schools. In later years, alumni of the high school had an important role as teachers in one-room schools.'

2. Civilian Conservation Corps Member in Automobile

IDNO:
017898
Title:
Civilian Conservation Corps Member in Automobile
Date:
ca. 1934

3. Flooded Buildings

IDNO:
017903
Title:
Flooded Buildings
Date:
ca. 1934
'Guide has it Alum Lick.'

4. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Alum Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
025885
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Alum Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
'Guide has it Alum Lick.'

5. Portrait of Elma Hicks Martin

IDNO:
029350
Title:
Portrait of Elma Hicks Martin
Date:
ca. 1934
Photograph postcard of Corricks Ford on the Cheat River where Union forces commanded by General Thomas Morris, defeated Confederate troops under General Robert Garnett, July 13,1861. Garnett was killed in the fight, the first general officer to die in action in the Civil War.

6. Corricks Ford Battlefield and Seneca Trail on Cheat River, Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039130
Title:
Corricks Ford Battlefield and Seneca Trail on Cheat River, Parsons, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
Photograph postcard of Corricks Ford on the Cheat River where Union forces commanded by General Thomas Morris, defeated Confederate troops under General Robert Garnett, July 13,1861. Garnett was killed in the fight, the first general officer to die in action in the Civil War.
Unidentified woman relaxes in a home built during the Homestead Project in Preston County.

7. Interior of Homestead House, Arthurdale, W. Va.

IDNO:
040151
Title:
Interior of Homestead House, Arthurdale, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
Unidentified woman relaxes in a home built during the Homestead Project in Preston County.
A view of the Barracksville Covered Bridge in Marion County, originally built in 1853 by Eli and Lemuel Chenoweth.

8. Barrackville Covered Bridge

IDNO:
053582
Title:
Barrackville Covered Bridge
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
A view of the Barracksville Covered Bridge in Marion County, originally built in 1853 by Eli and Lemuel Chenoweth.
Placard reads, "Built by Eli and Len Chenoweth, 1852. Repaired by State Road Commission, 1934. C. A. Short, Bridge Supt."

9. Entrance to Barracksville Covered Bridge

IDNO:
053583
Title:
Entrance to Barracksville Covered Bridge
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
Placard reads, "Built by Eli and Len Chenoweth, 1852. Repaired by State Road Commission, 1934. C. A. Short, Bridge Supt."