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Bank of Biggers in 1910.
Built by A. A. Sago in 1908, the bank advertised
"Capital Stock $20,000" and "Surplus $2,200." |
Public School Building at Biggers, photographed in 1910. |
A paddle wheel steamboat pushing a barge up the Black
River on a snowy day in the 1920's. The Pocahontas train
bridge, capable of rotating on its center pontic to
allow for boats to pass, spanned the river until its
removal in the 1980's. |
Court Square Hotel, south side of the Pocahontas town
square, in 1910. Mrs. Annie Shivley was proprietress. |
Residence of Joe H. DeClerk, photographed in Pocahontas
in 1910. |
Residence of Elijah Dalton, photographed in 1910 in
Pocahontas. |
The Ida May Hotel, Biggers, photographed in 1910, built
by the company of Sago and Abbott. |
Lone Rock Bank, Ravenden Springs. Opened in 1913, the
bank featured an interesting front window (on the left
in the photo) with the text Lon Rock Bank painted
sideways on the glass. It's speculated that the glass
arrived pre-painted incorrectly but was installed rather
than sending it back. |
Maynard Academy, Maynard, in 1910. |
Baptist Church, Maynard, in 1910. Built by Sago and Witt
in 1882. |
Pocahontas Public School as photographed in 1910 in
Pocahontas. Built in 1904 by A. A. Sago, it stood on
North Marr Street. |
Baptist Church, Pocahontas, in 1910. |
Residence of Dr. C.E. Pringle, Pocahontas, photographed
in 1910. It was built by A. A. Sago in 1906. |
Thomasville Avenue residence of A. Z. Schnabaum,
photographed in 1910 in Pocahontas. |
Store of the Schnabaum-Tipton Mercantile Co.,
photographed in 1910. The writing over the door
advertises "OUTFITTER FOR ALL MANKIND". Built in 1904,
the signs also say they sold saddles, hardware,
groceries, drygoods, cloth, and boots. |
Residence of E.G. Schoonover, photographed in Pocahontas
in 1910. The home, and the hill it rested on, made way
in the 1970's for construction of the present Pocahontas
City Hall on North Marr Street. |
The Southern Hotel, Ravenden Springs. Opened in 1883,
the 40-room hotel stood until 1942. |
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