1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Causby Tour 9
Causby Parker - 9-20-14
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Welcome
to
The
Causby
Photo
Tours.
Causby
Parker
has
set
out
to
photograph
places
and
buildings
in
Alderson
and
give
some
information
about
them.
Some
are
the
way
we
have
always
remembered,
while
some
are
not.
There
are
links
at
the
bottom
of
the
page
will
take
you
to
the
previous
tour
and
the
next
one.
Please
take
time
to
comment. Causby is doing this out of passion for our little town. We hope you enjoy the Causby Photo Tours.
More to come!
Going West on 3, past the bridge , toward Glen Ray. Glen
Ray Railroad Flag Stop Station in 1917, no longer there.
Once
the
Quillen
Lumber
Mill,
Wholesale
&
Retail
Lumber
&
Building
Supplies.
They
also
had
a
railroad
siding
where
they
could
load
a
flatcar
.
The
lumber
was
shipped
in
rough
hewn,
planed
&
milled,
then
shipped
out
ready
for
use.
Now
owned
by
Someone
by
the
name
of
"Brown",
used
as
a
auto
repair
shop
and/or
body
shop.
(as
far
as
I
know.
)
There
is
ample
room
for
correction
on
this
one!
The
photo
on
the
Right
was
originally
the
stock
yard,
now
owned
by
a
Virginia
Horsemans' Association. They have a few head of horses there and that's all I know.
(More on Stockyard)
Front
Gate
of
FPC,
Alderson
with
new
plantings
along
entrance.
From
the
Prison
gate
looking
across
R.R.
track,toward
the Alderson Sewer Plant.
The Field where the old air strip & hangar once operated parallel to the R. R. Track, now full of Mobile Homes & modular
homes.
In
1906
the
Commonwealth
Lumber
Company
of
Pennsylvania,
started
operating
at
Glen
Ray,
west
of
town
between
the
C.
&
O.
Railway
and
the
Greenbrier.
Commonwealth
built
the
village
of
Glen
Ray
of
twenty
houses,
a
store,
a
boarding
house
and
a
barn.
Three
well
known
carpenters,
Emmett
Taylor,
Gilbert
Miller
and
Matt
Kershner
with
helpers,
built
the
town.
Then
the
company
built
a
bridge
across
the
Greenbrier
and
started
a
standard
gauge
railroad
to
haul
the
logs
to
the
mill.
They
had
three
engines
and
eventually,
there
were
twenty-five
miles
of
railroad
going
up
Griffith’s
Creek
and
winding
all
over
Keeney’s
Mountain.
(Photos
L-R:
Lumber
workers
pose
for
picture.
Early
Glen
Ray
showing
the
railroad
bridge
they build across the Greenbrier. Aerial view of Glen Ray today - Google Earth Photo. (
More information on Glen Ray
)