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Antebellum Transportation
James Rumsey Demonstrates His Steamboat
"A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam," by James Rumsey
Hugh Paul Taylor: Historian and Mapmaker
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company Incorporated
Construction of the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike
Act Providing For The Construction of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
Engineer's Report On the Construction of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
Completion of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
"Terrific Storm! Destruction of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge!!"
"Destruction of the Wheeling Bridge"
Rivalry For Headship on the Ohio (Illustrated in the Wheeling Bridge Case)
B & O Railroad Completed to Wheeling
"The Closing of the Track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad"
"The Approaching Celebration" (B&O Railroad Opening)
"Celebration of the Opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad"
"Celebration of the Opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad! - The Reception"
"The Excursion From Baltimore"
Sources on Collis P. Huntington
Articles on the Completion of the Ohio River Railroad at St. Marys
"West Virginia's Shore" (St. Marys)
"Wreck on the C&O"
"Accident to the F. F. V." (Wreck on the C&O)
"Fatal Railroad Accident" (Wreck on the C&O)
"Accident to the Vestibule" (Wreck on the C&O)
"Horse Power vs. Steam Power" (Holly River and Addison Railway)
"Railroad Election" (Holly River and Addison Railway)
"Vote the Subscription" (Holly River and Addison Railway)
"What We Need" (Holly River and Addison Railway)
"Fork Lick Votes $10,000" (Holly River and Addison Railway)
1899 Timetable for the Holly River and Addison Railway
By Laws of the Holly River and Addison Railway Company
Annual Return of the Holly River and Addison Railway Company, 1903
"The Two-Cent Law Does Not Apply To The Coal & Coke Railroad"
Extracts From Court Documents Relating to Coal & Coke Ry. Co. v. Conley And Avis
Extracts From Supreme Court Decision, Coal & Coke Ry. Co. v. Conley And Avis
"Str. Bedford Sinks"
"Steamer H. K. Bedford Sunk Near Waverly"
"H. K. Bedford Is Destroyed"
1913 Map of Railroads in West Virginia
"The Road Ahead for West Virginia" cover page (L. E. Lantz Collection)
"The Road Ahead for West Virginia" (L. E. Lantz Collection)
"The Good Roads Knocker" (William A. MacCorkle Collection, Sc91-70)
Letter of William A. MacCorkle to Editor on Road Bond Issue (William A. MacCorkle Collection, Sc91-70)
"Neglected Again - Our Children" Good Roads Opposition (William A. MacCorkle Collection, Sc91-70)
"A Primer" Good Roads Pamphlet Cover (L. E. Lantz Collection)
Letter of L. E. Lantz to N. W. Yates on Good Roads Amendment (L. E. Lantz Collection)
"A Crime Against the State" Advertisement Against Good Roads Amendment (William A. MacCorkle Collection, Sc91-70)
"Amendment is Given Big Vote"
Address of Gov. Ephraim Morgan at Meeting of County Commissioner and the State Road Commission
"Terra Alta-Kingwood Good Road Picnic to be Held at Caddell, Thursday, Sep. 11"
"Will Stage Big Celebration Today" (Terra Alta-Kingwood Road)
"Opening of Terra Alta-Kingwood Road"
"'Lindy' Welcomed By Moundsville Today"
"Lindbergh In Hop-Off For Dayton, O., At 10:30; Departure Unexpected"
"Blue and Gray Caravan to Reach Here T[u]es. 4 P.M.
"Trolley 'Graveyard Run' Ends Long, Colorful Era In City Transportation"
"Ceremony Marks Bus Inaugural"
"200 Jam Cars In Farewell to Trolley Line"
"Airport To Be Named Solely After Yeager" (Kanawha Airport)
Airport History of Kanawha County (Kanawha Airport)
The Nation's Heaviest Airport Grading Project (Kanawha Airport)
"Celebrities Laud Port at Dedication" (Kanawha Airport)
National Guard Plane Crash at Charleston
"List of Dead and Injured" (National Guard Plane Crash)
"19 Area Airmen Killed as C-47 Crashes Near Kanawha Airport "
"Victims Logged Many Hours Over Fatal Hill"
"The West Virginia Turnpike: '88 Miles of Miracle'"
"Pike Link to City Opened" (Opening of the West Virginia Turnpike)
"Schools Close, 'Homefolks' Line Pike Route For Ceremony" (Opening of the West Virginia Turnpike)
"State Road Program Must Be Built Upon New System To Achieve Aims" (Opening of the West Virginia Turnpike)
Cover of Dedication Program, West Virginia Turnpike, November 8, 1954 (Opening of the West Virginia Turnpike)
Marshall University Plane Crash
Sources on the Marshall University Plane Crash
"Wayne Bridge Dedication Is Friday"
"New Wayne Bridge Is Dedicated"
Opening of the New River Gorge Bridge
"30,000 Attend Dedication Events" (Dedication of the New River Gorge Bridge)
Remarks of Governor John D. Rockefeller IV, Dedication of the New River Gorge Bridge (Ar1834)
"Good Day For Politicians" (Dedication of the New River Gorge Bridge)
"The Gorge At The Turn Of The Century" (Dedication of the New River Gorge Bridge)
"Pomp, Ceremony Mark Bridge's Dedication"
Envelope from Dedication of New River Gorge Bridge (Sc91-47)
"The Role of the River in the Development of West Virginia Commerce"

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