1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Only Yesterday In Alderson - Page2
Tom Dixon
(Click on photos for larger view)
Looking
west
about
1905
we
see
the
freight
station
cluttered
with
equipment,
the
passenger
station
just
beyond
with
folks
waiting
for
the
train
approaching
in
the
distance,
and
baggage
trucks
piled
high.
Beyond
the
station
area
a
lumber
yard
bustles.
In
these
days
no
less
than
14
trains
a
day
called
at
Alderson,
including
locals
for
Hinton
and
Clifton
Forge
and
fast
flyers
for
N.
Y. and Cincinnati. Photo by J. W. McClung.
Operators
J.
Abe
Bright,
J.
G
Houchins
(on
roof),
and
O.
D.
Massey
(in
door)
pose
with
the
C&O
Telegraph
cabin
in
1895
when
it
was
still
located
at
the
Monroe
Street
Crossing.
Photo
from Kitty Stewart.
These
views
show
Postmaster
George
E.
Bare
and
the
Alderson
Post
Office
in
1901
(top)
and
about
1910
(bottom).
Mr.
Bare's
customers
in
the
top
picture
are
unidentified,
but
he
is
recognized
as
standing
with
C.
M.
Nelson
and
Charlie
Stanton
in
the
lower
one.
The
Alderson
Post
Office
was
established
February
6,
1872.
Mr.
Bare
was
Postmaster
1901-1914
and
1923-1935.
(Notice
the
manikin
in
the
store
to
the
left,
wearing
ladies
apparel.-
Photo
from
Mrs.
D.
M.
Johnson.
Alderson Post Mark 1912
Here
in
August,
1935
local
No.
13
at
Alderson
at
12:45PM
to
conduct
business
and
one
of
its
passengers,
William
Monypeny
alighted and took this photo.