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Will Capture 50 Elks for Alleghany Game Preserve
January shipment of elk from Yellowstone
February shipment of elk from Yellowstone
Elk in Yellowstone (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Part of the elk which were shipped to West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Trap corral and method of loading elk shipped to West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Loading of elk for shipment to West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)
Elk in new home in West Virginia (photo from Fourth Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden of West Virginia, 1915-1916)

"Three Dead as Result Of Fire in 'Old Mill' At the Rock Springs Park"
"Heroism is Displayed In Rescue Wort [sic] at the Chester Fire"
"Last Survivor Of Old Mill Fire Dies"
1915 Advertisement for Rock Springs Park

"The Greenbrier"
Opening of the Greenbrier (Time Trail)
"Hotels' Service to U. S. During War is Cited"
"The White Sold"

"State Park Dedicated" (Droop Mountain)
Program for Dedication of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Extract From Report of the Droop Mountain Battlefield Commission
Speech by John D. Sutton to the House of Delegates Concerning Droop Mountain Battlefield
Newspaper Advertisement for Dedication of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

Correspondence, Senator Guy Goff and Governor William Conley, Regarding Proposed Fish Hatchery (Leetown Fish Hatchery)
"We Get Fish Hatchery" (Leetown Fish Hatchery)
"It's In A School By Itself" (Leetown Fish Hatchery)

Correspondence, Emmett Keadle and Governor William Conley, Regarding the Mingo Oak
"Mingo County White Oak Will be Felled Friday"
"They Cut Down The Great White Oak Of Mingo County"

"Smoke Hole Caverns Will Be Opened Decoration Day"
"Grandeur In The Ground" (Smoke Hole Caverns)

"'Race With Disaster' Cited By Johnson at Dam Ceremony"
"The President Was Here" (Summersville Reservoir dedication)
Lady Bird Johnson speaking at the Summersville Reservoir dedication
Articles on the Summersville Reservoir

"A History of Whitewater Rafting in West Virginia"

"Cass Train"
"Festival Opens Today: Cass Holds Rich Place In W. Va.'s 125 Years"
"Long Step Up at Cass"
Cass Scenic Railroad: 1968 Brochure

"200 Attend Historic Ceremony On Island" (Blennerhassett Island)
Governor Jay Rockefeller, Blennerhassett Island Mansion Groundbreaking, Talking Points (Governor John D. Rockefeller IV Collection, Ar1834)
Governor John D. Rockefeller IV letter to Dan Fowler (Blennerhassett Island)
A. B. Smith and Ken Greene letter to Governor John D. Rockefeller IV (regarding Blennerhassett Historical Commission)


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