1928 - Alderson High School - 1968
Only Yesterday In Alderson - Page 8
Tom Dixon
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Acme
Limestone
Company's
crushing
plant
is
pictured
here
as
it
was
about
1910.
Located
at
Fort
Springs,
about
7
miles
east
of
Alderson,
it
was
always
considered
an
Alderson
business.
Today
it
is
one
of
the
world's
largest
limestone
extracting
operations
with
large
customers
over
a
wide
area.
Photo
J.
W.
McClung.
Wolf
Creek
Station,
about
3
miles
west
of
Alderson
is
seen
in
this
1900
era
view
with
the
C&O
telegraph
cabin
and
two
house
in
addition
to
two
other
railroad
buildings.
The
section
gang
is
out
working
on
the
well
maintained
double
iron
of
the
C&O.
Photo J. W. McClung.
During
World
War
1
Campers
at
Camp
Greenbrier
were
trained
in military skills. Here they try their hand at machine guns.
Cooks
prepare
a
hearty
meal
for
the
Camp
Greenbrier
boys
about 1910 in the large mess hall. Photo by J. W. McClung.
Camp
Greenbrier
boys
play
ball
in
1909.
Mess
Hall
and
tents
are
in
background
with
practical
corn
field.
Photo
J.
W.
McClung.
Since
1898
Alderson’s
Camp
Greenbrier
has
been
a
pleasant
summer
retreat
for
boy
from
the
Virginia
cities.
Here
we
see
a
camper’s
tent
about
1910.
As
popular
bow
as
then
the
appeals
of
the
woods
and
out
of
doors
never
dim.
Photo
J.
W.
McClung.
Canoes
on
the
Greenbrier.
Camp
Greenbrier
boys
assemble
before
the
eye
of
Mr.
McClung’s
camera
in
this
photo
he
copyrighted
in
1907.
Much
smoke
and
commotion
is
being
raised by a train invisible behind the trees at right.