Photographs from the Virginian Review
The following photographs were graciously provided by Horton Bierne of the Virginian Review. Most of these photographs were taken in 1897.
| This is the Covington end of the Hot Springs Railroad line in 1897; at the right are oyster shells discarded by the dining car chef. (click here for regular) (click here for zoom) |
| Blacks pose for the family portrait at their Covington home in 1897. (click here for regular) (click here for zoom) |
| An 1897 view of Covington's Court Street, looking towards the river, shows the town's grade school (at left, with tower); courthouse (center, with cupola); and the Catholic Church (extreme right) (click here for regular) |
| Paving Water Street (now Riverside Drive) in Covington meant shoveling loads of gravel for these workers in 1897. House at left was the Cushing home.(click here for regular) |
| Oscar Meade Stull of Rich Patch in Alleghany County stands on the track where a C&O railroad bridge is being built at Clifton Forge in 1892.(click here for regular) |
| The Clifton Forge C&O passenger depot and Y.M.C.A. are pictured on a 1912 postcard.(click here for regular) |
| Iron Gate in Botetourt County was photographed in 1938; the James River is formed by the junction of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers just behind the hill at the left.(click here for regular) (click here for zoom) |
| An old powder house from the French and Indian War is in the foreground of this 1897 Covington picture, taken from Luke's Mountain looking east on Route 60.(click here for regular) |
| Covington residents cut ice on the Jackson River near Pitzer's Dam at the end of Court Street in 1897. When a circus visited town, elephant keepers had to wade their animals across the river becasue they refused to cross Midland Trail covered bridge in the background.(click here for regular) |
| Sunday afternoon spectators gather to see the progress of a new wooden bridge over the Jackson River into Covington in 1897.(click here for regular) |
| Ice skaters glide on the frozen Jackson River at Covington in 1897. (click here for regular) |
| An organ grinder and his monkey perform on Court Street in Covington in 1897; house in the background was Col. Richard C. Stokes' home.(click here for regular) |
| Covington residents work at wash day chores in 1897.(click here for regular) |
| Sunday strollers pose on the preliminary construction of a new railroad bridge between Covington and Hot Springs in 1897. (click here for regular) (click here for zoom) |
| Covington workmen unload coke for the iron furnace in 1897. (click here for regular) (click here for zoom) |
| Rose Dale build by A. A. McAllister pictured in 1897. (click here for regular) (click here for zoom) |
