Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Line Railroad incorporated

The Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Line Railroad was incorporated in West Virginia by the following: Andrew Stuart, Sebastian Rush, Levi Fike of Pennsylvania; D. R. Martin, W. W. Wharton of New York; John Heradar, George Manst, Thomas Scott, Charles Cantner, H. C. Hagans, Joseph Feather, John D. Rigg, David Morgan, Joseph H. Gibson, James W. Brown, William Albright, Charles E. Brown, Francis Hermans, William G. Brown, James C. McGrew, Smith Crane, James H. Carroll, William B. Zinn, Joseph Guseman, Reason A. Pell, George Hardman, Robert W. Monroe, George Orr, S. L. Allen, J. R. Smoot, and Joseph Jackson of West Virginia. The company's purpose was to construct a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line near Big Sandy Creek to Brandonville, Bruceton Mills, Muddy Creek Furance, Valley of Green's Run near Kingwood, Martin's Iron Works, to intersect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad east of the mouth of Raccoon Creek, all in Preston County.

Bruceton Mills Kingwood

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