Photographs from Clifton Forge , Scenic, Busy, Friendly
by Elizabeth H. Corron

One of the dinky locomotives used at Lucy Selina (view)

View of the C&O Shops and West Clifton Forge about 1912(view)

The McCurdy House and Station(view)

The Hawkins Brothers Store opened in 1886 on East Main Street(view)

G. S. Savarese Fruit and Confectionary Store on Ridgeway Street(view)

The Gladys Inn erected in 1891 and remodeled in 1896 in to the C&O Hospital(view)

The Wooden bridges on Main and Ridgeway Streets in the early 1900's(view)

Wills, Parker, and Company which was located on Main Street(view)

Railway YMCA building erected in 1983 on Ridgeway Street(view)

A view of the Gladys Inn, YMCA and the C&O yard offices looking north of the city (1896)(view)

Hill Crest the home of the late Dr. J. M. Emmett at Christmas time.(view)

The C&O Hospital(view)

Scene on Ridgeway Street in the late 1890's(view)

The Old King Place which was the center of social life in Iron Gate when the iron furnace was flourishing in the gorge and the leather tannery was operating.(view)

The 52 room hotel just before it was razed and many years after its heyday.(view)

The Eagles Home which was converted into the Jefferson Hotel in 1929.(view)

Fifth Street, now Jefferson Avenue, looking north in the early 1900's.  On the left is the home and office of Dr. B. H. Tatum and further up the block the steeple of the Presbyterian Church can be seen.  Onthe right side of the street is the funeral establishment of Guy Seashole.(view)

The Family Theatre on Ridgeway Street, The owner, Otto Fisher is at the left leaning against the post.(view)

The Clifton Forge Court House, erected 1910-1911.(view)

Atheletic Park in 1912.  The old woolen mil can be seen in the left corner.  This is the present Memorial Park and the site of Clifton Forge High School(view)

Main Street in 1915(view)

Birdseye view of Clifton Forge in the early 1920's(view)

The entrance to Ridgely the home place of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ford(view)

The old covered bridge over Jackson River when work was started on the new bridge(view)

The new bridge, completed in 1937, over the C&O tracks and Jackson River.(view)

Iron Gate Gorge as it was about 1920(view)