Chapter XVI – Bibliography

Archives
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration
Books
Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
– – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
– – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
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Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
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Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982
Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:
Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907
Company Records
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company
Court Cases
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:
Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:
Briefs and records in the cases of:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219
(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society) Decisions in the cases of:
Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons
Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:
Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55
Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise
L. Herold vs. O’Connell
Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney
State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?
Webster County Circuit Court
Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.
Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012
Interviews
By the author:
Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts
The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)
Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928
Authors Unknown
“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer
article in the Journal, 5/1/1947
Miscellaneous
Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel
(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)Archives
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration
Books
Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
– – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
– – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
————, Book 2, —–
————, Book 3, ——
————, Book 4, ——
————, Book 5, ——
————, Book 6. ——
————, Book 7, ——
————, Book 8, ——
————, Book 9, ——
Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
——–, 1907-1908
Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982
Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:
Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907
Company Records
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company
Court Cases
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:
Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:
Briefs and records in the cases of:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219
(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society) Decisions in the cases of:
Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons
Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:
Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55
Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise
L. Herold vs. O’Connell
Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney
State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?
Webster County Circuit Court
Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.
Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012
Interviews
By the author:
Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts
The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)
Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928
Authors Unknown
“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer
article in the Journal, 5/1/1947
Miscellaneous
Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel
(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)Archives
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration
Books
Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
– – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
– – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
————, Book 2, —–
————, Book 3, ——
————, Book 4, ——
————, Book 5, ——
————, Book 6. ——
————, Book 7, ——
————, Book 8, ——
————, Book 9, ——
Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
——–, 1907-1908
Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982
Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:
Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907
Company Records
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company
Court Cases
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:
Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:
Briefs and records in the cases of:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219
(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society) Decisions in the cases of:
Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons
Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:
Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55
Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise
L. Herold vs. O’Connell
Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney
State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?
Webster County Circuit Court
Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.
Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012
Interviews
By the author:
Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts
The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)
Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928
Authors Unknown
“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer
article in the Journal, 5/1/1947
Miscellaneous
Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel
(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)Archives
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration
Books
Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
– – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
– – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
————, Book 2, —–
————, Book 3, ——
————, Book 4, ——
————, Book 5, ——
————, Book 6. ——
————, Book 7, ——
————, Book 8, ——
————, Book 9, ——
Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
——–, 1907-1908
Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982
Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:
Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907
Company Records
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company
Court Cases
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:
Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:
Briefs and records in the cases of:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219
(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society) Decisions in the cases of:
Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons
Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:
Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55
Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise
L. Herold vs. O’Connell
Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney
State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?
Webster County Circuit Court
Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.
Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012
Interviews
By the author:
Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts
The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)
Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928
Authors Unknown
“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer
article in the Journal, 5/1/1947
Miscellaneous
Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel
(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)Archives
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration
Books
Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
– – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
– – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
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Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
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Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982
Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:
Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907
Company Records
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company
Court Cases
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:
Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:
Briefs and records in the cases of:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219
(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society) Decisions in the cases of:
Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons
Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:
Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55
Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise
L. Herold vs. O’Connell
Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney
State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?
Webster County Circuit Court
Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.
Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012
Interviews
By the author:
Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts
The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)
Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928
Authors Unknown
“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer
article in the Journal, 5/1/1947
Miscellaneous
Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel
(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)Archives
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration
Books
Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
– – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
– – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
————, Book 2, —–
————, Book 3, ——
————, Book 4, ——
————, Book 5, ——
————, Book 6. ——
————, Book 7, ——
————, Book 8, ——
————, Book 9, ——
Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
——–, 1907-1908
Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982
Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:
Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907
Company Records
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company
Court Cases
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:
Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:
Briefs and records in the cases of:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219
(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society) Decisions in the cases of:
Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons
Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:
Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55
Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise
L. Herold vs. O’Connell
Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney
State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84
Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?
Webster County Circuit Court
Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.
Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012
Interviews
By the author:
Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts
The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)
Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928
Authors Unknown
“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer
article in the Journal, 5/1/1947
Miscellaneous
Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel
(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)Archives

Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
Marshall University Library:
Fowler Collection
University of Oregon Library System:
Brice Disque Collection
Pocahontas County Historical Society:
R. M. Maugans diary
Norman R. Price Scrapbooks
Marlinton Railroad Depot Collection
S. B. Wallace Company, Marlinton, Formula Book
West Virginia University Library, West Virginia and Regional History Collection:
D. D. Brown Papers
John N. Camden Papers
Henry G. Davis Papers
John T. McGraw Papers
Kyle Neighbors Papers
Writers Project for Pocahontas County, Works Progress Administration

Books

Allegheny Regional Family History Society, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, Cemetery Headstone Listings, Volume One, Elkins, West Virginia, ——–
American Lumbermen: The Personal History and Public and Business Achievements of One Hundred Eminent Lumbermen of the United States, The American Lumberman, Chicago, Illinois, 1905
Arritt, Gay, Historical Sketches of the Allegheny Highlands, Allegheny Historical Society, Covington, Virginia, 1982
Bagdon, Philip V., The Cass Roster 1963 – 1999, —–
————-, Shay Logging Locomotives At Cass, West Virginia, 1900-60, TLC Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001
Baun, E. Lucy, Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia and Toronto, 1950
Benjamin, J. Wilmer, Editor, Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938, 1938
Bolgiano, Chris, The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1998
Brooks, Alonzo B., Forestry and Wood Industries, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume 5, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1911 1910? check
Bryant, Ralph C., Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1922
Callahan, James M., History of West Virginia, Old and New, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1923, in two volumes
————-, Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia, Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia, 1913
Caruso, Dr. John A., The Appalachian Frontier, America’s First Surge Westward, Bobbs-Merrill –, –, 1959, reprinted by The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, —
Clarke, Alan, West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, TLC Publishing, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 2003
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1990
————, Tumult on the Mountains, Lumbering in West Virginia – 1779-1920, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1964
Cole, J. R., History of Greenbrier County, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1917, reprinted by West Virginia Genealogical Society, Elkview, West Virginia, 1995
Conley, Phil, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, First Edition, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1929
The Cotton Hanlon Story, historical booklet published by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc., Odessa, New York, 1963
Curry, Curtis, Williams River, – – –
Dayton, Ruth Woods, Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes, West Virginia Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1942, reprint, Education Foundation, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1977
Debar, J. H. Diss, West Virginia Hand Book & Immigrants Guide, Gibbens Brothers, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870
Deike, Dr. George H., III, Logging South Cheat, The History of the Snowshoe Lands, Cass, West Virginia, second edition, revised, 1993
Drake, Richard B., A History of Appalachia, The University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Kentucky, 2001
Duncan, Harry E., Do I Want to Go Home, self-published booklet, 1977
Fansler, Homer F., History of Tucker County, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1962
Futej, Gerald M., Publisher, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005
Futej, Gerald M., and Robin, Max, 100 Years Against the Mountain, Shay No. 5 at Cass. WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2005

• – – – – – , 100 Years and Still Counting, The Town of Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007
• – – – – – -, Sawdust on Leatherbark, The Mills At Cass, WV, Greenhill Station Productions, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2012
  Hamill, Kenny, West Virginia Place Names, The First Name Press, 1945
  Hanlon, Howard A., The Ball-Hooter, Prospect Books, Prospect, New York, 1960
  Hardesty, H. H., Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: Containing … Special History of the Virginias – Maps and Histories of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Monroe Counties, H. H. Hardesty, New York, New York, 1883
  Harr, Milton, The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia 1933 – 1942, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992
  Hensley, —— and Withers, ——, Cass Scenic Railroad, – – – —
  Highland County Historical Society, The New History of Highland County, Virginia 1983, Monterey, Virginia, 1983
  Hulse, Dr. Charles A., Archeological Investigations at Spruce, WV: A Company-owned Railroad and Mill Community of the Late Industrial Period, Shepherd College Cultural Resources Management Series No. 7, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989
  100 Years of Federal Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, December 1976
  Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, Vol. 2, James Madison University, Harrisonsburg, Virginia, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, —-date?
  Killoran, John P., Shays Above the Clouds, “The Story of the World’s Largest Logging Railroad – 1900-1966″ Cass, Pocahontas County, W. Va.,” manuscript for planned, but unpublished Cass souvenir book, in author’s collection – should a copy be made and put in HS collection??
  Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., Dinkies, Dams, and Sawdust, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976, reprinted by Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
  ———-, Tall Pines and Winding Rivers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1976
  ———-, Publisher, The Heisler Locomotive, 1981-1941, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1982; Addenda Errata, March 1983
  ———-, “Wild Catting” on the Mountain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1970
  Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, World Press, Denver, Colorado, 1971
  Lawson, Thomas, Jr., Shay – The Supplement, Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1998
  Lewis, Virgil A., History of West Virginia, In Two Parts, Hubbard Brothers, Publisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1889
  Malone, Dumas, Editor, Directory of American Biography, Volume VII, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, New York, 1934
  Marsh, George Perkins, Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, Charles Scribner, York, New York, 1864, second edition under the title The Earth as Modified by Human Action, 1874, reprinted in 1965 by University of Harvard Press, in 2003 by University of Washington Press, with Foreward by William Cronon and Introduction by David Lowenthal
  Martin, Joseph, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1836
  Maury, M. F., and Fontaine, William H., Resources of West Virginia, The Register Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1876
  McKim, C. R., 50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1970
  McNeel, William P., The Durbin Route, The History of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Revised Edition, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
  Myers, Sylvester, Myers’ History of West Virginia, in two volumes, Wheeling News Lithograph Company, —-
  Neighbors, Kyle, The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier Cheat and Elk Railroad Company, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1969
  Official Industrial and Shipper Directory, The — C&O Ry. Co., The Hocking Valley Railway Company, Volume IV, 1929 —–
  Pocahontas County Genealogy Group, In Loving Memory, Book 1, ——
  ————, Book 2, —–
  ————, Book 3, ——
  ————, Book 4, ——
  ————, Book 5, ——
  ————, Book 6. ——
  ————, Book 7, ——
  ————, Book 8, ——
  ————, Book 9, ——
  Pocahontas County Historical Society, History of Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1981, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1981
  Polk’s Lumber Directory of the United States, 1904-1905, R. L. Polk and Company, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit
  ——–, 1907-1908
  Pollard, Edward A., The First Year of the War, West & Johnston, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
  Price, Paul H., Pocahontas County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1929
  Price, Paul H., and Heck, E. T., Greenbrier County, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1939
  Price, William T., Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, W. Va., Price Brothers, Marlinton, West Virginia, 1901, reprinted 1963, 19–
  Reger, David B., Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County South of Valley Fork of Elk River, West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1920
  Rice, Otis, A History of Greenbrier County, Greenbrier Historical Society, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1986
  ——–, The Allegheny Frontier, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1970
  Shawkey, Morris P., West Virginia, In History, Life, Literature and Industry, Volume I, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1928
  Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Sawmills and Planing Mills, —–
  Spurr, Stephen H., Forest Ecology, The Ronald Press Company, New York, New York, 1964
  Stuart, John, Memoir of Indian Wars, reprint, Otis Rice, Introduction,——
  Sullivan, Kenneth, Editor, The West Virginia Encyclopedia, West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
  Sutton, Ann, and Sutton, Myron, Eastern Forests, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, New York, 1985
  Taber, Thomas T., III, and Casler, Walter, Climax, An Unusual Steam Locomotive, Railroadians of America, Inc., 1960
  Trout, William E., III, New River Atlas, Virginia Canals and Navigation Society, —–, 2003
  Turner, Charles W., Dixon, Thomas W., J., Huddleston, Eugene L., Chessie’s Road, Second Edition, The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc., Alderson, West Virginia, 1986
  West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, published by R. L. Polk & Company, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, ——
  Williams, John A., West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1976
  Williams, Michael, Americans and Their Forests, A Historical Geography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1989
  Yates, Virginia Humphries, History of Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1982

Books referenced by Web – need to get copy in hand:

Aldrich, Lewis C., Editor, History of Clearfield County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1887
Atlantic Reporter, Volume 90, West Publishing Company, —, 1914, viewed 4/6/2011
Blackburn, E. Howard, and Welfley, William H., History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pa., The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago, 1906, — volumes
Clay, Cecil, The Family of Clay of New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders, 1895, viewed 11/7/2008
Kirwin, William H., Kirwin’s Olean Duplex Directory 1898, Volume II, viewed —–, 2/14/2019
McDermott, Charles H. A History of the Shoe and Leather Industries of the United States, John W. Deneny and Company, Boston, Vol. II, viewed 4/15/2010
Historical and Biographical Annuals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, 1915, Volume I
Storey, Henry Wilson, History of Cambra County, Pennsylvania, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1907

Company Records

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Clifton Forge,Virginia:
Board of Directors minute books
Correspondence, telegrams between railway officials
Correspondence between railway officials and lumber company officials
Employee Timetables, 1902 – 1956
Greenbrier Division Reports, various dates
List of Industrial Sidings
Property lease records
Public Timetables, 1911 – 1957
Roadway Completion Reports, Greenbrier Branch, 1917 – 1976
Sidetrack records
Station lists, 1901 – 1948
Right-of-way maps, Greenbrier Railway, —-/1901
Right-of-way and Track Maps, Greenbrier Branch (V-12), June 30, 1916
Western Maryland Railroad:
Time Table No. 3, 9/30/1906
— schedule, 10/1/1903
Western Maryland Railway:
List of Industrial Sidings, 6/30/1919
Westvaco Corporation, Covington, Virginia:
Various articles and unpublished notes on the history of the company

Court Cases

Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia:

Cumberland Lumber Company vs. J. R. Brewer, D. O’Connell, et al
John T. McGraw vs. Samuel B. Woods, James Morgan, Trustee, and Greenbrier River Lumber Company

United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit:

Briefs and Transcript of the Record in the case of John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton, Appellants, vs. A. G. Miller, Appellee, appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, No. 1388 (Copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)
Decision in the case of:
Halfpenny et al. vs. Miller, February 2, 1916, 232 F. 113

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals:

Briefs and records in the cases of: 

John Alexander and A. D. Williams, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiffs in Error vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Defendants Below, Defendants in Error, No. 1735
Wm. C. Bond, et al, Plaintiff Below vs. W. S. Taylor, et al, Defendants Below; Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Appellant, No. 1341
W. A. Bratton, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. —
A. J. Caraway, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. L. S. Cochran, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 1907
H. E. Clark, et al, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees vs. Harper’s Ferry Timber Company, et al, Defendants Below; Harper’s Ferry Timber Company and W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond, Appellants, No. 1342A and No. 1342B
Preston S. Clark, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Emma C. Beard, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1261
W. H. Cobb, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. E. V. Dunlevie, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 898
M. L. Comstock, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 1354
Paul Golden, el al, Plaintiff Below vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, Defendant Below, Daniel O’Connell, Appellant, No. 2454,
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Company, Limited, Plaintiffs Below vs. A. D. Neill, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, E. J. Hoover and John Dimeling, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 2855
W. A. McCray, et al., Partners, etc., Plaintiffs Below, Defendants in Error vs George Craig & Sons, Defendant Below, Plaintiffs in Error, No. 1742
T. S. McNeel, Trustee, Plaintiff Below, Plaintiff in Error vs. J. F. Folks, Defendant Below, Defendant in Error, No. 2209
C. L. Moore, et als., Plaintiffs Below vs. Edwin Patchin, et al., Defendants Below, The Horrocks Desk Company, Appellants, No. 1664
A. D. Neill, et al, Plaintiff Below, Appellants vs. C. L. McClung, et al, Defendants Below, Appellees, No. 2142
Daniel O’Connell, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 1501
Pocahontas Tanning Company, Plaintiff Below, Appellee vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, and G. W. Huntley & Son, Defendants Below, Appellants, No. 973
Andrew Price, Trustee, Plaintiff Below vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, et al, Defendants Below, Uriah Hevener, Appellant, No. 1643
H. M. Taylor, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Campbell, Cooper & Company, et al., Defendants Below, Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2744
John P. Townsend, Plaintiff Below, Defendant in Error vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company, Defendant Below, Plaintiff in Error, No. 2219

(Copies located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society)

Decisions in the cases of:

Alexander et al. v. Sherwood Company, 72 WV 195
Bowman v. Dewing, et al., 37 WV 117
Camden v. Dewing et al., 47 WV 310
Clark et al v. Harpers Ferry Timber Company et al., 70 WV 312
Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 WV 398
Comstock v. Droney Lumber Company, 69 WV 100
Crawford v. Fickey et al., 41 WV 544
Dewing vs. Hutton, 40 WV 521
Dewing vs. Hutton, 48 WV 576
Dorr v. Dewing & Sons, et al., 36 WV 466
Hoover-Dimeling Lumber Co. v. Neill, 77 WV 470
Hutton v. Dewing, 42 WV 691
T. S. McNeel, Trustee in Bankruptcy, s. J. F. Folks, 75 WV 57
Taylor v. Campbell, Cooper & Co., et al, 73 WV 680, 77 WV 347
Townsend v. Brushy Run Lumber Company, 75 WV 47
Yokum, Commissioner v. Fickey et al., 37 WV 76

Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons

Greenbrier County Circuit Court case files for:

Patsy Anastacio vs. Neola Lumber Company and R. T. Irvine, — File 412
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 34
Bank of Lewisburg vs. Cecil Clay, R. L. Kester, and Thomas Mathews, Law File 243
Bank of Marlinton; Brent, Bull and Company; Millheim Banking Company; Greenbrier Grocery Company vs. Levi E. Patterson and Little Creek Lumber Company, Chancery File 313
Bath Hardwood Lumber Company, J. C. Croft vs. J. C. Myers, — File —
Johnson N. Camden vs. William S. Dewing, James H. Dewing, and Charles A. Dewing, partners doing business in the firm name of Dewing & Sons, – – – Winchester, Hutton, Butcher – – – File —
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Meadow Mountain Mercantile Company, Law File 114
S. M Croft, Floyd Rider, S. W. Alderman, W. C. Chestnut vs. J. C. Myers, trading as Neola Tie Company, Law File 132
Henry M. Dawson vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
E. A. Dayton vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 34
W. H. Deeter, S. A. Kendall, and E. S. Boyer, partners doing business as Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. the Henderson Lumber Company, Jose I. Henderson, and the Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 296
Delphos Iron Works vs. Cecil Clay and R. Livingston Kester, Law File 39
A. T. Dillard vs. Walter Hall and Spice Run Lumber Company, Law File 117
John T. Dixon, Trustee for Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 60
Alfred M. Edgar, Administrator of Archer Edgar vs. Lewis S. and Elizabeth Criegh, Thomas D. and Delia Edgar, Romeo H. Freer, Samuel Price, Trustee, Chancery File 171
Edgewood Realty Company vs. Greenwah Lumber Company, Law File 164
Empire National Bank of Clarksburg vs. Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company, J. S. McWhorter, Trustee, Mountain State Investment Company, American Commercial and Savings Bank, Timmons Harmount, doing business under the trade name of Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Chancery Files 387 and 391
First National Bank of Grove City, W. C. Alexander’s Administrator vs. Grove City Lumber Company, —- Files 103 and 355
First National Bank of Ronceverte vs. Greenbrier Pole Company, Law File 83
Henry Gilmer, Trustee, vs. J. C. Myers and S. A. Moore, Law File 117
Paul Golden and Bank of Marlinton vs. Daniel O’Connell, et al, File —-
Greenbrier-Pocahontas Land Company vs. G. Lynn Clark, Law File 112
Greenbrier Pole Company vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Law File 77
Greenwah Lumber Company vs. Kendall-Deeter Lumber Company, Chancery File 262
J. D. Hoge vs. Huntley Lumber Company, Law File 123
Josie M. Hurxthal, Ben Hurxthal’s Executrix, vs. Ben Hurxthal’s Devisees, Chancery File 320
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. G. Lynn Clark, Mary J. Clark, Sallie V. Cheatman, Asbury Dysard, Clem McAllister, Margaret Hefner, Law File 75
Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad vs. J. T. Fertig, L. A. Fertig, and R. G. Fertig, Law File 66
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman, Law File 76E.
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, et al, Law File 35
Joseph E. Johnston vs. Cecil Clay, Anna W. Clay, R. Livingston Kester, et al, Law File 243
John Krider vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
S. A. Kendall, W. H. Deeter, and E. S. Boyer, partners in trade doing business under the firm name Kendall and Deeter Lumber Company, and S. M. Jones vs. Donaldson Lumber Company, Law File 78
Limestone Milling Company vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 388
W. H. H. Lynn and George W. Eyler, partners composing the firm of Lynn & Eyler, who sue for the benefit of M. Hays vs. Greenbrier Lumber Company, Law File 45
Merchants Grocery Company, Thomas Dunn, H. E. Geswinder and F. R. Lewis vs. J. E. Rhodes and E. D. Brink, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Clear Creek Lumber Company, Ralph H. Ely, Trustee, R. M. Smith and J. H. T. Smith, partners in trade under the firm name and style of R. M. Smith & Co., W. C. Bess, Trustee, — H. Hughes and —- Carpenter, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Hughes & Co., the Lynchburg Shoe Co., J. G. Fulton and O. A. Price, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Ronceverte Milling Co., A. E. Huddleston, and W. C. Bryant, Chancery File 305
Merchants Grocery Company vs. Little Creek Lumber Company, Law File 77
John McGraw vs, Donaldson Lumber Company, Chancery File 330
E. M. McMahon, Special Receiver vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay Law File 38
Isaac McNeel vs. Cecil Clay, Anna Clay, R. Livingston Kester, George B. Kester, Robert F. Dennis, Joseph H. Roach, E. McMahon, A. M. Pullin, John W. Warwick, John Krider and Lewis Taws, John T. Thompson, James P. Morris & John T. Morris, partners in business comprising the firm of J. P. Morris & Co. and Wm. H. Tyler & S. W. Tyler, partners in business comprising the firm of Tyler, Son & Co., — File —
R. W. Montaque vs. Anthony Lumber Company, Chancery File 385
James P. Morris, John T. Morris, Lewis Taws, and John T. Thompson, merchants and partners, trading under the name J. P. Morris and Company vs. Cecil Clay and Joseph E. Johnston, partners in trade under firm name and style of Clay and Johnson, Law File 38
J. W. Morrison, et al – check – vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
Daniel O’Connell vs. Daniel Annan, Law File 60
Daniel O’Connell vs Cumberland 1893 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs The Cumberland Lumber Company 1900 suit
Daniel O’Connell vs. John T. Dixon, Dan Annan, Alexander Adams, and Duncan Sinclair, late partners in business under the firm name and style of the Cumberland Lumber Company, and the Cumberland Lumber Company, Chancery File 280
Daniel O’Connell vs. Iron Mountain & Greenbrier Railroad Company, Arthur J. Moxham and John W. Harris, Trustee
Daniel O’Connell vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock and George F. M. Hauck, partners trading under the firm name of Thomas J. Shryock and Company, Chancery File —
Daniel O’Connell vs. The Sherwood Company of West Virginia, The St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Thomas J. Shryock, A. E. Boothe, and Second National Bank of Baltimore, —- File —-
Poole and Hunter vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 90
A. M. Pullin vs. Cecil Clay, —– File —
Patsy Portolese, et al vs. Neola Lumber Company, et al, — File 412
J. M. Price, Assignee of John Peters vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Law File 70
Bank of Princeton vs. The Pocahontas Coal, Land and Timber Company, J. E. Woodson, J. A. Viquesney, Greenbrier Pocahontas Land Company, J. D. Hoge, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Jeremiah C. Myers, formerly trading as Neola Tie Company, R. E. L. Holt, L. L. Graybeal, Sheriff of Greenbrier Count, Brown B. Beard, Sheriff of Pocahontas County, and Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Chancery File 390
Daniel Reiter vs. Sherwood Company of Baltimore City and Sherwood Company of West Virginia, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, John T. Dixon, in his own right and as Trustee, and E. A. Smith, Chancery File 250
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. Susan C. O’Connell, Chancery File 308
St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company vs. J. M. Price, Trustee, John Peters, H. M. Smith, Jackson Perry, A. G. Petts, Les. Osborne, George Osborne, John C. May, Harry Osborne, James Berry, Mike Callison, Samuel Callison, C. C. McKeever, Joseph Ramsey, Thomas Callison, Jasper Auldridge, Marion McMillion, Eldridge Petts, Alvin J. Burr, and O. Guay and George H. Perkins, partners in trade under the firm name and style of Guay and Perkins, Chancery File 281
J. W. Samples vs. Harmount Tie and Lumber Company, Law File 123
Second National Bank of Galesburg vs. Cecil Clay and R. L. Kester, partners in trade under the firm name of Clay and Kester
William H. Scott vs. Cecil Clay
H. W. Smith & Co. vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 243
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, Law File 66
Smith and Whiting vs. E. H. Camp, et al, Chancery File 276
Sherwood Company of West Virginia vs. Susan Catherine O’Connell, Chancery File 308
State of West Virginia vs. Hogg Lumber Company, Law File —
J. O. Tomlinson vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, —–, Chancery File 384
Tyler’s Son and Company vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
G. E. White vs. Meadow Mountain Lumber Company, Law File 116
John W. Warwick vs. Cecil Clay, Law File 38
John S. Withrow, W. A. and Lettie W. Ford vs. Daniel O’Connell and Cumberland Lumber Company, Law File 55

Pocahontas County Circuit Court case files for:

John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. George W. Huntley, Sr. and George W. Huntley, Jr., partners under the firm name and style of G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
John Alexander and A. D. Williams vs. The Sherwood Company
American Column & Lumber Company vs. J. W. Mills, E. P. Billups, Trustee, Campbell Lumber Company, and W. A. Bratton, Trustee
Patsy Anastacio vs. Forest Lumber Company
Cameron Arbogast and Craig Ashford, partners trading as Arbogast & Ashford vs. M. P. Bock, G. W. Boyer, M. D. Kelley, and F. B. Budringer, partners trading and doing business as the M. P. Bock Lumber Company, and Henry J. Wilmoth, Garnishee
E. M. Arbogast and Lewisburg [Pa.] Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Executor of G. C. Mohn, deceased, vs. F. S. Wise, F. S. Wise and Sons, Inc.; Mozella Dorr, in her own right and as widow and heir of Chas. P. Dorr and as Administratrix of C. P. Dorr; and their children, C. P. Dorr, Jr., Jno. T. Dorr, Birdie Louisa Dorr, Hazel Ruth Dorr, and Zella Irene Dorr
Emory M. Arbogast vs. George E. Patrick
P. Aumiller, Wesley Aumiller, and Aaron Aumiller vs. G. C. Mohn and Elmer Braucher
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Baldwin-Chandler Supply Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Bank of Marlinton vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company and H. E. Clark
Bank of Marlinton vs. Gibson Lumber Company, James Gibson, J. M. Paris, and E. B. Smith, partners
Bank of Marlinton vs. William T. Myers, Trustee, Kanawha Valley Lumber Company, and H. A. Yeager
Bank of Marlinton vs. James M. Paris, Red Lick Lumber Company, K. H. Stover, A. D. Williams, W. M Funk, Paul Golden, and W. H. Shearer
Bank of Marlinton vs. Limestone Lumber Company
Bank of Marlinton vs. J. A. Viquesney, L. L. Bennett, J. C. Haupt, and C. A. Yeager, partners dba Limestone Lumber Company, O. H. Kee, and S. K. Kee
John W. Barkley, James M. Barkley, Edward Barkley, Nannie C. Barkley, Ida L. Barkley, and Maggie V. Barkley, Devisees of James Barkley, Sr. vs. E. A. Smith, J. A. Whiting and Frank Griffith, partners doing business under the style and firm of Smith, Whiting & Co. and the Cumberland Lumber Company
Amos Barlow vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Maufacturing Company, John T. Dixon, William Perry, and Daniel O’Connell
Evva V. Beal and Chas. C. Beal vs. I. B. Bumgardner
Uriah Bird vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company
W—- Blackburn vs. Morrison and Grose
T. J. Boice vs. Brushy Lumber Company
W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond vs. W. S. Taylor; The Durbin Lumber Company; and Harpers Ferry Timber Company
W. A. Bratton vs Brushy Run Lumber Company
W. A. Bratton vs. – – Cole – –
W. A. Bratton vs. Harpers Ferry Timber Company
Gilbert Brock vs. Batholomew Saw Mill Company
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. G. P. McCray, A. G. McCray, W. A. McCray, partners trading as McCray Brothers
Brushy Run Lumber Company vs. W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, dba McCray Bros., 21 others
B. B. Campbell vs. Forest Lumber Company; John Y. Hite; Alex R. Watson; John H. Schofield, Robert W. Schofield, and Frank E. Schofield, partners dba Schofield Brothers; and Warn Lumber Corporation
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
Campbell, Cooper and Company vs. Max Curry
A. J. Caraway vs. L. S. Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. H. E. Clark and J. W. McCullough, doing business as Clark & McCullough
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company (two suits)
Preston S. Clark vs. Emma C. Beard
John Cleek and George Dolan, partners trading as Cleek and Dolan vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Clifton Forge Grocery Company vs. Red Lick Lumber Company. Paul Golden and A. D. Williams
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie
W. H. Cobb vs. E. V. Dunlevie and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company
M. L. Comstock vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. Ernest V. Dunlevie, T. S. McNeel, and Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company just Co or Lbr Co?
Gorge Craig and Sons vs. Thornwood Lumber Company
George F. Craig, A. J. Cadwalader, and J. A. Calhoun, partners trading under the name of George Craig & Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
George Craig and Sons vs. W. S. Linderman and Kendall Lumber Company
J. J. Coyner, L. T. Coyner, and S. G. Coyner, partners trading as Coyner Brothers vs. J. H. Leasia and DeRan Lumber Company,
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell, A. F. Mathews, H. A. Holt, Henry White, B. F. White, Harvey Kerans, Samuel Cline, James Brewer, Frank Blacklock, and Sherwood Company
Cumberland Lumber Company vs. James R. Brewer and The Sherwood Company of Baltimore City
Max Curry vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
George W. Dawson vs. John F. Driscol and William Sullivan, trading as Driscol and Sullivan, E. A. Smith and James A. Whiting, trading as Smith and Whiting
J. S. Dennison, H. D. Dennison, Monroe Lumber Company vs. E. M. Arbogast and Richard Paul
Thomas Deveny vs. ———
Eliza E. Dolan, Admx. of the Estate of David Dolan, vs. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company
C. P. Dorr vs. William R. Cole, John Allen Young, co-partners as William R. Cole & Company, and National Cooperage Company
C. P. Dorr vs. – – Cole – –
C. P. Dorr vs. J. J. DeRan, The DeRan Lumber Company, C. H. Leascia, and the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of W. Va..
J. R. Droney Lumber Company vs. M. L. Comstock and William D. O’Dell, partners trading and doing business under the firm named and style of M. L. Comstock and Company
Elkins Foundry and Machine Company vs. George Craig and Sons
S. D. Ervin and Willie Vandevender, dba Ervin & Vandevender, vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Greenbrier River Lumber Company and John Alexander
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company and Paul Golden
First National Bank of Marlinton vs. Williams and Gibson
J. F. Folks vs. W. W. Whitehill
Franklin Oil and Gas Company vs. W. S. Taylor
George Friel vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
Frey and Son vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Grove City Lumber Company vs. M. Eichelbaum
James Gibson vs. E. B. Smith and James M. Paris
— Gilfillan and — Neill vs. James Kinsport estate
Paul Golden vs. L. Kaneff
Paul Golden vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Paul Golden vs. W. W. Graham and W. T. S. Graham
Greenbrier River Lumber Company vs. Daniel O’Connell and Walter Bird
Greer & Laing vs. W. S. Taylor
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Gulland-Clarke Company vs. W. S. Taylor
B. F. Hamilton vs. William R. Cole and Company
C. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
R. Hayden vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey
Abel Hedrick and Reuban Thomas vs. F. S. and Clara Wise

L. Herold vs. O’Connell

Hevener & Hevener vs. T. G. Hosterman & Bro.
R. Hoe and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Hosterman Lumber Company vs. T. G. Hosterman, T. B. Motz, Harry D. Perkins, Trustee, and J. H. R. Radeker
Huntley Lumber Company vs. G. W. Alderman and Remus Smith
In the Matter of the Incorporation of Cass
The International Bank vs. Pocahontas Timber Security Company, Hugh H. O’Bear and Joe V. Morgan, Trustees, Security Savings and Commercial Bank, Julius I. Peyser and Fred Mckee, Trustees, R. Hoe and Company, Mountain Timber Corporation, H. W. VanSenden, A. P. Edgar and Wade P. Hampton, Trustees, Theodore H. Deiner, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, H. Lamon, First National Bank of Marlinton, R. H. McNeill, Wood Motor Parts Company, Frey and Son, Inc., Esaw Mullins, A. R. Hamrick, Mike Morrison, Joe Romeo, and all unknown lien and general creditors of Mountain Timber Corporation
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Mountain Lick Lumber Company
Kane and Keyser Hardware Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
O. H. Kee vs.
Alf Kennedy vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Kidd and Dillingham vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Knight Manufacturing Company vs. Samuel Workman
D. A. Lambert vs. P. C. Harper, E. M. Arbogast, and G. C. Mohn
Lewis-Hubbard Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation,
Leatherburg Shoe Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Maggie E. Lockridge, Laurel L. Herold, H. Lee White, A. Frank White, J. G. Sharp, Sabrina E. White, S. C. Kincaid, F. R. Kincaid,and Preston A. Rexrode vs. SLB&M, Sherwood Company, Daniel O’Connell and Jake Cary [sic]
Adam Lucas vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
D. N. Maurer vs. A. G. Brown and John P. Ruhl, partners trading and doing business as Brown & Ruhl, J 1903-1904
L. M. McClintic vs. G. W. Huntley, Sr., G. W. Huntley, Jr., – – – – as G. W. Huntley & Son, and J. O. Carey
J. W. McClune, M. C. McClune, C. R. McClune, and M. Hamm, partners trading as Limestone Lumber Company, vs. C. E. Douglass, Owen E. James, Andrew Price, Trustee, L. M. McClintic, Trustee, Campbells Creek Coal Company
W. A. McCray and A. G. McCray, partners trading and doing business as McCray Brothers vs. George Craig and Sons
J. W. McCullough vs. H. E. Clark and H. G. Bowers
J. W. McCullough vs. S. L. Clark, ——
J. W. McCullough vs. North Fork Lumber Company
J. W. McCullough vs. Alfred Wilmoth and Fred L. Wilmoth, surviving partners of the late firm of H. J. Wilmoth & Sons, the Virginia Lumber Company, the North Fork Lumber Company, L. S. Cochran, Sheriff of Pocahontas County and as such administrator of the estate of H. J. Wilmoth, H. E. Clark, and H. G. Bowers
John T. McGraw vs. W. C. Bond and N. U. Bond
John T. McGraw vs. – —- G. W. Huntley and Son
John T. McGraw, —– vs. J. G. Lantz, —–
T. S. McNeel, Trustee vs. J. F. Folks
A. G. Miller vs. John Halfpenny and R. C. Hamilton
A. G. Miller vs. S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, and also Wm. Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as William Ruckman & Bros., A. M. Oliver, as Justice of the Peace, J. C. Ashford, as Special Constable appointed by said A. M. Oliver, Justice of the Peace, A. V. Miller, John Halfpenny & Robert C. Hamilton, partners trading as Halfpenny & Hamilton, and H. C. Culp
Moore and Lawton vs. W. S. Taylor
C. L. Moore, Bank of Marlinton, J. D. Gochenour, Dillsburg National Bank vs. Edwin Patchin, Horrock Desk Company, G. E. Myers, J. L. Warwick, Walter Grimes, S. R. Hogsett, and Andrew Price, Trustee
— Moore vs. Hazelwood —
W. R. Moore vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company, C. J. Richardson, M. P. Moore, Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad, Pocahontas Supply Company, Clifton Forge Grocery Company, J. W. Price, and W. L. Price
National Exchange Bank of Weston vs. Mountain State Investment Company, J. A. Viquesney, Bank of Marlinton, and Andrew Price, Trustee, D 1926-27
A. D. Neill vs. North Fork Lumber Company
North Fork Lumber Company vs. Harry E. Clark and Mountain Lick Lumber Company, Garnishee, and Samuel L. Clark
Daniel O’Connell vs. Maggie E. Lockridge, Laura L. Herold, Preston A. Rexrode, H. Lee White, Sabrina E. White, J. G. Sharp, H. M Lockridge, S. C. Kincaid, and Benjamin White
Daniel O’Connell vs. Cumberland Lumber Company ——–
Daniel O’Connell vs. H. L. White and B. F. White
Old Dominion Lumber Company vs. Buena Vista Hardwood Company
Richard Paul vs. Deer Creek Lumber Company
G. E. Patrick vs. West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Pocahontas County vs. Tomb Lumber Company
Pocahontas Tanning Company vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, G. W. Huntley, Sr., and G. W. Huntley, Jr., Partners trading and doing business as G. W. Huntley & Son, Ethel Curry, Bertie Curry, Elmer Curry and Georgia Curry
W. A. Poe vs. George W. Phares, Haymond Poe, George C. Rorke, Joshua Canfield and Truman Smith, partners dba Phares, Poe and Company
Andrew Price, Administrator of H. R. Ferguson vs. W. S. Taylor
Andrew Price, Trustee, vs. Hosterman Lumber Company, T. G. Hosterman, T. R. Hosterman, J. R. H. Raddeker, Harry D. Perkins, trustee; Uriah Hevener, T. G. Notz, K. H. Stover, Bank of Marlinton, Gulland-Clarke Company, Pugh & Beaver; Humphrey Machine Company; , Barnes & Company; C. N. Stover; Greenbrier Grocery Company; Chas. Mauzy & —– Taylor, partners trading as Mauzy & Taylor; Emma Alderman; Baldwin-Chandler Company; Central Banking & Security Company; and all other creditors of the Hosterman Lumber Company
J. W. Price vs. Phares and Poe Brothers
Price, Osenton, and Horan vs. Brushy Lumber Company
The Randolph Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. D. Ramsey vs. W. H. Cutshall
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. J. M. Paris, Trustee, Marlinton Lumber Company and Red Lick Lumber Company
Red Lick Lumber Company vs. A. D. Williams, J. M. Paris, Marlinton Lumber Company, J. O. Smith, et al
Joseph Robinson vs. Morrison and Grose
Joe Romeo vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
W. R. Richards vs. Brushy Lumber Company
C. J. Richardson vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
S. T. Ruckman, William Ruckman and John Ruckman, partners trading as S. T. Ruckman & Sons, vs. A. G. Miller, John Halfpenny, and R. C. Hamilton, partners, J (two suits) – are the names the same in the two suits?
W. A. Schmidt, L. H. Irwin, J. E. Bame, Homer Eckstein, and A. J. Scott vs. Thornwood Lumber Company, Flint, Erving and Stoner Lumber Company, Southern States Lumber Company, Fritz-Watson Lumber Company, Progress Lumber Company, Bartow Lumber Company, Nottaway River Lumber Company, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Commercial National Bank of Pittsburgh, Duquesne National Bank of Pittsburgh, The Federal National Bank of Pittsburgh,, First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and numerous individuals
Roe Selman vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
Shafer Sales and Supply Company vs. Andrew J. Rost, trading and doing business as Republic Lumber Company
W. C. Sheesley vs. R. A. McDonald
W. C. Sheesley vs. B. F. McMichael, R. G. Stoffel, Pocahontas Tanning Company, Security Trust Company of Wheeling
Ira O. Smith vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
J. O. Smith, for the benefit of the Bank of Marlinton vs. Red Lick Lumber Company
M. L. Spurlock vs. Bartholomew Saw Mill Company
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Standard Oil Company vs. W. S. Taylor
A. E. Stonecipher vs. North Fork Lumber Company
Sweet-Orr and Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Swift and Company vs. W. S. Taylor
H. M. Taylor vs. Campbell, Cooper and Company
W—- Thompson vs. Morrison and Grose
Giddings B. Tiffany and Herman E. Vogal, partners trading as Tiffany-Vogal Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
Harold L. Tinney’s Admix. vs. Wildell Lumber Company
John P. Townsend vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
R. S. Turk vs. St. Lawrence Boom & Manufacturing Company and E. A. Smith
Oscar Turner vs. Morrison and Grose
Matthew Wallace vs. A. F. Denning and J. A. Whiting
S. B. Wallace and Company vs. Mountain Timber Corporation
Watoga Land Association vs. C. A. Yeager and J. A. Viquesney

State of West Virginia vs. Attiro Brintonio
State of West Virginia vs. Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Warn Lumber Company, and Spice Run Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Devis
State of West Virginia vs. John Driscol
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. J. R. Droney Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. Girlo Gembotte
State of West Virginia vs. George Kozeck, Mike Domen, Harry Koseka, Dan Chlebez
State of West Virginia vs. Lingle and Young
State of West Virginia vs. John Middleton
State of West Virginia vs. Antonio Morzigoli
State of West Virginia vs. Nogoli Mozzetti
State of West Virginia vs. Daniel O’Connell – one or two cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Romano Ortenzio
State of West Virginia vs. the Pocahontas Tanning Company
State of West Virginia vs. Range Lumber Company and A. E. Stitzinger
State of West Virginia vs. Leslie Rawson
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1887)
State of West Virginia vs. St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company (1905) – one or 2 cases?
State of West Virginia vs. Belordino Tiggonelle
State of West Virginia vs. Tomb Lumber Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. the United States Leather Company
State of West Virginia vs. George Williams
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. Brushy Run Lumber Company
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company vs. G. E. Patrick and Thomas Houchins
W. R. Whipkey vs. Brushy Lumber Company
White — vs. O’Connell
Wildell Lumber Company vs. R. S. Turk, William McAllister, Joseph R, England, Uriah Bird, and Charles P. Jone F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
E. H. Williams, Receiver of Gibson Lumber Company vs. W. C. Daughtery
E. H. Williams —- vs. W. C. Daughterty
Jennie E. Wilmoth vs. North Fork Lumber Company, G. C. Hamilton, A. E. Stonecipher, and H. G. Bowers
Windsor Trust Company vs. —- Cole
F. S, Wise vs. Abel Hedrick and Reuben Thomas
Joseph T. Wood Company vs. W. S. Taylor
Woodson-Mohler Grocery Company vs. Virginia Lumber Company
G. E. Woods vs. G. W. Huntley and Son
Elizabeth L. Yeager vs. Graham-Yeager Lumber Company, P. S. Johnson, J. G. Lantz, W. T. S. Graham, W. W. Graham, G. C. Brown, J. M. Depp & E. J. Swanson, partners doing business as Brown, Depp & Swanson
W. J. Yeager and E. J. Hoover vs. Flint, Erving and Stoner Company and Thornwood Lumber Company
W. H. Zirkle vs. The National Cooperage Company and the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey

Randolph County Circuit Court
Dewing & Sons vs. Elihu Hutton, Case 1678, File 89
Dewing & Sons vs. A. H. Winchester, Case 889, File 45
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 773, File 39
Elihu Hutton vs. Dewing & Sons, Case 1257, File 63
John G. Luke vs. J. H. Dewing, — Case 1598, File 84

Fredrick Fickey, Jr., Edward Thomas, and Rachel Walcott vs. James, Charles, and William Dewing doing business as Dewing & Sons – – – is there a Randolph County case in this name or was it just a federal case?

Webster County Circuit Court

Government Records
Bath County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, case files
Death Records
Deed Books
Trust Deed Books
Highland County, Virginia:
Deed Books
Pocahontas County, West Virginia:
Circuit Court, Common Law Order Books, Chancery Order Books, case files
County Court record books
Death Records
Deed Books
Marriage Records
Trust Deed Books
Randolph County, West Virginia
Circuit Court case files
Death Records
Deed Books
West Virginia, State of:
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Ninth Session, Commencing January 17th, 1871, Charleston, 1871
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Fourteenth Session, Commencing January 8th, 1879, Wheeling, 1879
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia At Its Twenty-First Regular and Extra Sessions, Commencing January 11, and February 25, 1893, Charleston, 1893
need 1899, 1901 Acts listed
First Annual Report Public Service Commission West Virginia 1914 (in two parts), Charleston, 1915
Corporation Reports from the Secretary of State found in West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1905 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1902 to Sept. 30, 1904 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1907 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1904 to Sept. 30, 1906 (in four volumes); West Virginia Governor’s Message Submitted to Legislature of 1909 With The Accompanying Reports and Documents Covering the Two Fiscal Years Oct. 1, 1906 to Sept. 30, 1908 (in five volumes)
Reports on New Industries Established found in the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia and lists of manufacturers in the Sixth and Twelfth reports.

Secretary of State, Annual Reports, —-, Corporation Reports Report of the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1901, and September 30, 1902
United States Forest Service:
Monongahela National Forest, Land and Resource Management Plan, September 2006
Jarvinen, Larry, Cultural Resources Inventory, Monongahela National Forest, Marlinton Ranger District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, April 1979
Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa, and Strager, Michael P., European Settlement-Era Vegetation of the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, 2012

Interviews

By the author:

Clive Alderman, 8/28/1976
William Buckley, 2/12/1978
Lester Burner, 3/31/1968
Charles Cromer, 1/28/1973
Marvin Dunbrack, 3/24/1978
Clark Galford,
Nettie Gaylor, –/–/1978
Quince Friel, 1/13/1973
Marshall Hanna, 8/9/1979
—- Hoover, 3/1/1984
Ira King, 3/24/1979
Odeth Lambert, 11/3/1991
Odith Lambert, 7/26/1989 (interview by – – – )
Samuel Lovelace, 1/2/1983, 1/8/1983
Sydney Lovelace, 1/2/1983
Amos McCarty, 1/10/1970
Richard McCarty, 12/31/1977
Eldridge McComb, 7/3/1999
S. J. Neathawk, 1/24/1983, 1/29/1983
Homer Painter, 9/20/1976
Clorus Shifflett, 3/31/1968
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, 10/28/1978
Earl Roth, 2/20/1987
Arlie Ryder, 3/29/1980
Peter Spitzer, —
Penick Underwood, 10/14/1978
Ernest VanReenan, 3/20/1965
Helen Walton, 8/15/1976
Lodge Walton, 8/15/1976
Harry Wanless, 11/26/1984, 12/1/1984
Lloyd Wilson, 3/10/1965
James Workman, 5/26/1985, 2/9/1986

Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Manuscripts

The major newspaper source was The Pocahontas Times, which began publishing at Huntersville in 1883, moved to Marlinton in 1892, and continues today. File copies exist from 1889 to the present and the complete file was researched. Two Greenbrier County papers, the Greenbrier Independent, which was founded in Lewisburg in 1859, and the West Virginia News, located at Ronceverte, provided details on logging in their county, as well as Pocahontas County.
Other newspapers which provided information were Marlinton Journal, Marlinton Messenger, News Leader (Richwood), Pocahontas Independent (Marlinton), Ronceverte Times, West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood), —-
Magazines that provided information for this book include trade publications, American Lumberman, which was published from 1899 to 1946, and the still in print Southern Lumberman, which was first published in —-; The Log Train, published by Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association since —; The Virginias, A Mining, Industrial & Scientific Journal, Devoted to The Development of Virginia and West Virginia, Jed. Hotchkiss, Editor, Staunton, Virginia, it began publishing with Vol. I, No. 1, January 1880 and continued until –, the references are from bound volumes of each year’s publications. (Hotchkiss is well known for being the map maker for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Shanenadoah Valley campaign.)

Bledsoe, John, “Kitty Hawk and Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Brown, R. W., “Greenbank Community History,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/24/1935
————, “North Fork Mill Burns,” The Pocahontas Times, 3/28/1940
Burgtorf, Carl, and Sydenstricker, J. A., “Reminiscences – Of County’s Early Logging Days,” Marlinton Journal, 10/6/1949
Carpenter, R. D. “The McClintic Trail,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Reprinted from the Gateway, Monongahela National Forest newsletter, 1937)
Carvall, Kenneth, “Arboreal Mysteries Unraveled,” Wonderful West Virginia, magazine published by – – – August 2007
Clarkson, Dr. Roy B., “Plants and Animals of Pocahontas County,” History of Pocahontas County 1981, pp 9-10
Craig, Thomas, “Winterburn,” unpublished manuscript on George Craig and Sons Lumber Company, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Cussins, Devane W., “Memories of Logging Towns – Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 14, No. 1
Deike, Dr. George H., III, “Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 12,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2, 3
———, “A Trip on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk, Yesterday and Today,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
———, “The Small Locomotives of Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 3
———, “Train Ride into History,” 1998 MSR&LHA excursion guide
Dietz, Tom, “The Dewing Family: From Calcutta to Kalamazoo,” Musography, the magazine of the Kalamazoo Valley Musuem and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2004
Dilley, Juanita S., Log Drives on the Greenbrier 1876-1899; People Attracted by Timbering – 1876-1925; Industrial Period (1860-1910), unpublished manuscripts, Works Progress Administration Writers Project, copies located at West Virginia University and Pocahontas County Historical Society
Dodrill, W. C., “Scraps From An Angler’s Note Book,” found in Norman R. Price scrapbook, date and newspaper unknown – – – written about a year after logging began on the North Fk. of Cherry
Fizer, George, “The Lumber Industry at Bemis, West Virginia,” The Blue Ridge Express, Fall and Winter, 1967
———-, “Adding to the Roster at Cass,” The Log Train, Vol. 6, No. 3
———-, “Coal and Cass,” The Log Train,” Vol. 2, No. 1
———-, “Coal and Cass Continued,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———-, “Information on Old Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 4
———-, “Logging Maryland’s White Pine, Totten A. Kimmell and the Meadow Mountain Lumber Co.,” Timber Times, Issue 16
———-, “Rod Type Locomotives of the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Frayer, Hume C., “Max Rothkugel: A Strange indoor-outdoor man who taught dancing to New Yorkers and Conservation to West Virginians,” West Virginia Conservation, magazine published by – – -, April 1953
Friel, Craig, “Little Jim,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/9/1928
Futej, Gerry, “But How Did It Work,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
———, “F. S. Wise Mill Construction,” The Log Train, Vol. 4, No. 3
Futej, Gerry, and Robin, Max, “The Ubiquitous 40’ Wood Flat Car,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
Galford, Clark,
Gaskill, Hannah, “Hannah Gaskill’s Timber Trails, The Cabin on the Creek, Sue, West Virginia,” The Log Train, Vol. 21, Nos. 2, 3, and 4
Gibbs, James E. A., “Rafting on the Greenbrier,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/28/1897
Goddin, J. L., —- 2/14/1938, West Virginia Collection, WVU
Guthrie, Keith, “The Logging Era on the Elkins – Durbin Line,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 1
———-, “Pendleton County’s First (And Last) Railroad.” The Log Train, Vol. 10, No. 2
———-, “A Mile-by-Mile Guide to Logging on the Coal and Iron Line,” The Blue Mountain Express, magazine of the West Maryland Railway Historical Society, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1
Hardway, Ronald V., Johnson N. Camden and the Industrial Revolution in Webster County, 1875 – 1900, unpublished ms. ? did it get published ?
Harper, Enid, History of the Knapps Creek Community Consisting of “The Hills,” Frost, Knapps Creek , and Minnehaha Springs, unpublished manuscript, 1924
Huffman, Jack, Sr., Memories of Lumbering, unpublished manuscript, 1963; another version of Huffman’s memories was published in the Canton (Pa.) Historical Society’s newsletter, No. 18, May 1988; the sections of the articles involving his memories of logging in the Upper Greenbrier Valley generally agree, but there are some minor differences
Isley, Amanda, “Ecological meltdown threatens, Native forests at risk from foreign invaders,” The Recorder, Monterey, Virginia, 12/9/2005
Jefferson, Norman D., Cattle, Sheep and Whitetail Deer: man in mountainous western Virginia, James Madison University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology 6, ———
Kellogg, R. S., “The Timber Supply of the United States,” excerpts printed in The Pocahontas Times, 9/9/1909
Kline, Benjamin F. G., Jr., “Deran Lumber Company, Inc.,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 1
———–, “Gertrude, Wisetown & Clover Lick,” The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 4
———–, “Harter Brothers: Harter, Pocahontas County,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 3
Love, Margie, “Allenhurst in 1910,” Coastal Courier, Hinesville, Georgia, 3/3/2008
Mann, Charles C., “America, Found & Lost,” National Geographic, May 2007
Mace, Raymond, Sketches of Elk, unpublished manuscript, 1990, copy located in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
McLaughlin, Nelle Y., untitled and unpublished manuscript on the history of sawmills in Pocahontas County, 1940, Work Progress Administration Writers Project
Moore, J. D., West Virginia Collection, 1937, —
Moore, Moody, “Burr Grist Mills,” The Pocahontas Times, ——-
Moore, S. B., “History of Edray Community,” Pocahontas County Historical Society Newsletter, —–
Morton, A. S., “A Great Industrial Development–What is Doing Along the Greenbrier In West Virginia–Vast Timber The Basis of Industry–Rapid Growth of the New Towns, Etc,” The Pocahontas Times, 11/19/1903, reprinted from the Staunton Spectator
Nelson, Bill, “The Big Mill Story,” The West Virginia Hillbilly, 2/23/1989, 3/2/1989, 3/9/1989, 3/16/1989, 3/23/1989; News Leader, 3/1/1989, 4/26/1989, 6/13/1990, 6/20/1990
Oertly, William J., “The West Virginia Midland Story,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 2
Palaszynski, Edwin, “The Deer Creek Extract Plant,” The Log Train, Vol. 3, No. 3
Preston, Richard, “A Death in the Forest.” The New Yorker, 12/10/2008, pp 64-71
Price, Andrew, “Cut-Over Lands,” The Agricultural Outlook, published by the C&O Railway, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 12/28/1916
Price, Andrew G., in The Pocahontas Times:
untitled article on Upper Tract and county line controversy, 4/7/1927
“Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry, – – – – –
“The Weekly Letter,” 4/9/1897
“The Williams River Country,” 7/5/1906
“Timber Operations in West Virginia,” 8/30/1917
Price, Calvin W., in The Pocahontas Times:
article on the Black Forest, 12/19/1935
article on rafting, 4/2/1936
“Salt Works,” 5/27/1937
Price, Norman R., in The Pocahontas Times:
“The Cheat River Forests, The Great Lumber Producing Region of Pocahontas,” 5/21/1903
Price, Rev. William T., in The Pocahontas Times:
“Up to Boyer,” 11/24/1904
Price, Overton W., “Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry,” reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/18/1907
. “Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians,” from the Yearbook for the Department of Agriculture 1900
Robin, Max S., “The Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 1, No. 1-2
———, more of his articles
Rothkugel, Max, “Management of Spruce and Hemlock Lands in West Virginia,” Forestry Quarterly, magazine published – – – , Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1908
Sharp, — family history
Shires, Christopher R., “Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in the Timber Industry of Eastern West Virginia, 1900-1920,” The Log Train, Vol. 17, No. 1
Smith, A. R., “Record of coffins made, 1880 – 1933,” unpublished manuscript, in the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Smith, Emory H., “First Lumber Operations,” The Pocahontas Times, 10/6/1949
Smith, Samuel G, American Column & Lumber Company; Campbell Lumber Company; Curry & Haupt; Commerce and Industry (Bartholomew Sawmill Company); Commerce And Industry (Andrew Wooddell/James White); Commerce and Industry (Curry and Haupt); Commerce and Industry (Deer Creek Lumber Company); Commerce and Industry (Pace & Luzier); Commerce and Industry (Withrow McClintic); Deer Creek Lumber Company; The Droney Lumber Company; The Empire Wood Company; Kidd, Kirby and Lilly Lumber Company; Limestone Lumber Company; Little Creek Lumber Company; Lutz and Macinish; Marlin Lumber Company; The Maryland Lumber Company; Middle Fork Driving Company; The J. E. Moore Lumber Company; John Raine and Company; Shoe Last Factory; Spice Run Lumber Company; Williams And Pifer Lumber Co.; Whip Saw Operations, unpublished manuscripts, Work Progress Administration Writers Project, 1940-1941, copies located at West Virginia University and the collection of the Pocahontas County Historical Society
Sparks, Richard, “History of the Town of Spruce,” The Log Train, Vol. 13, No. 2
——–, “Technical Musings On . . . A Giant Shay, The Log Train, Vol. 2, No. 2
Starkey, Edith Kimmell, “Over the Mountain, Timbering at Braucher,” Golden Seal, magazine published by – – – -, Summer 1987
Sullivan, Rose, “New Threats to Mountain State Trees Emerge,” West Virginia Wildlife Diversity News, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Vol. 19 , No. 4, Winter 2003
Sydenstricker, J. A., “Early Logging In Pocahontas,” Marlinton Journal, 11/23/1944
Tanner, Drew, “Mapping the Mysteries of Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/10/2008
__, “On the Trail of Max Rothkugel,” The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/2008
Wickline, W. W., Jr., “The Iron Mountain and Greenbrier Railroad, Early Splash Dams of the Anthony Creek Area, Timbering, and Related History,” Journal of The Greenbrier Historical Society, September 1965, Vol. 1, No. 3
Wilson, Merritt, “West Virginia Forestry,” American Forestry, reprinted in The Pocahontas Times, 4/17/1913
Wilson, Mrs. Sydney, History of Minnehaha Springs Community, unpublished manuscript, 1928

Authors Unknown

“History of Westvaco,” in five parts, Westvaco CFM News, Winter 1980, Spring 1980, Summer 1980, Fall 1980, Winter 1981, Westvaco, Covington, Virginia (Westvaco employee H. E. Matics probably was the author of these articles; he wrote a longer, unpublished history of the company.)
“Old Timers Reunion,” The Pocahontas Times, 5/31/1928, probably written by Calvin W. Price
Old Up-and-Down Water Power Saw Mills on the Greenbrier, unpublished manuscript – copy where?
“On the West Fork – Mills on the Coal and Iron Railroad Cutting Much Timber,” The Pocahontas Times, 6/1/1905
“The Old Mills…Numerous in Greenbrier,” The West Virginia News, June 1938
“The Upper Tract – Upper Pocahontas is the Scene of Great Industrial Activity,” The Pocahontas Times, 12/22/1904
“Timbering in Greenbrier Valley . . . Early Rafting and Lumbering on the Greenbrier River,” The West Virginia Daily News, Greenbrier’s 160th Anniversary Edition, June 1938
“Trees,” The Pocahontas Times, 8/31/1911, probably written by Andrew Price
Untitled article on Cecil Clay and his killing of a panther on Tea Creek, The Pocahontas Times, 9/29/1927, probably written by Andrew Price, but might have been Calvin Price
Untitled article on the Upper Tract, The Pocahontas Times, 4/7/1927, probably written by Andrew Price
“West Virginia’s Lumber and Tariff,” The Pocahontas Times, 1/15/1897, from the Wheeling Intelligencer

article in the Journal, 5/1/1947

Miscellaneous

Map of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1867 (from actual survey by H. H. Harrison and J. O. Handley), reprinted by Greenbrier Historical Society, 1993
United States Geological Survey, maps —–
West Virginia Geological Survey, maps of Greenbrier (1939), Pocahontas (1929), and Webster (—) Counties
Whetsell, Rob, miscellaneous notes on Max Rothkugel

(File boxes are not numbered; for each case it is indicated “D” for a file in a “Decrees” box or “J” for one in a “Judgments” box, with a year date for the box containing the case file. Case files not found for all cases, these are marked by *.)