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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Les Carpenter, Collector, Photographs of Town of Big Isaac in Doddridge County, A&M 4284, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Digital photographs documenting Big Isaac in Doddridge County. Includes images of members of the Hinkle and West families. There is a portrait of Civil War soldier Abraham Hinkle in uniform as a member of Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry. Photos of Big Isaac include images of their baseball team, the butcher shop of John Jackson West, construction crews and derricks of the local oil company, students of Laurel Run School, and of local residents. There is also extensive photo documentation of the floods of May 1918 and circa 1924, and a photocopy of a hand-drawn map showing the community of Big Isaac in the period ca. 1902-1918. There are a total of 78 images.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History