Mercer County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Withers and VanDevender Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2109
Overview
Correspondence, ledger books, account and cashbooks of the Parkersburg, West Virginia, firm of Withers and VanDevender (later Wiant and VanDevender), specializing in timber cutting, but also dealing in real estate, coal, oil, and orange growing. Subjects include timber cutting methods, costs, timber shipping, floods, freezes, droughts, log jams, timberland locations, timber purchases and sales, salaries of timber workers, and fruit groves in Florida. Counties mentioned include: Boone,...
Dates:
1899-1951