– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Clinchfield No 1 Having finished admiring the beautiful roof of the roundhouse at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, I turned my attention to the exhibits themselves. The first locomotive we look at is the Clinchfield No. 1. Built in 1882, this 4-6-0 has had a storied history. It was built in...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Roundhouse Roof A few weeks ago I visited the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. The first part of the collection you see is housed in the restored roundhouse that was part of the historic Mount Clare Shops. Mount Clare is considered to be the birthplace of Railroading in America as it was from here that...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Coffman Wagon One of the exhibits on the grounds of the North House Museum in Lewisburg, West Virginia is the Coffman Wagon exhibit. This is a permanent display built in 1992 when the Greenbrier Historical Society became the owner of the property. The wagon first arrived in West Virginia’s Greenbrier...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – North House The North House in Lewisburg, West Virginia, was built in 1820 by John A. North. At the time Lewisburg and the surrounding Greenbrier Valley was rapidly expanding due to it becoming a gateway to the new western frontier territories of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. The court system for the area also...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Barn Quilt Whilst driving through the West Virginia countryside I came upon this White Dutch style barn with a beautiful quilt decoration on it. Barn quilts are painted quilt squares. They are usually fashioned on boards and then mounted on a barn or other building. While cloth quilts are made up of a series...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Old Stone Presbyterian Church The first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains was establish in 1769. There had been earlier attempts at settling the area but all were destroyed by the Native Inhabitants. Being that most of these early settlers were from Virginia and, according to Dr. John...
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