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35 results for “Bretz”
- Post Offices
Taylor
…Creek, and 30 feet west of M&K railroad. Reedsville 2 miles south, Bretz 2 miles north, Gladesville 8 miles southwest. County boundary 6 air miles north. Map on page 662. Taylor Burk 1914 Post office location map Reverse of page 661; year from associated appli…
- Post Offices
Taylor — Post office establishment application (1914)
…Creek, and 30 feet west of M&K railroad. Reedsville 2 miles south, Bretz 2 miles north, Gladesville 8 miles southwest. County boundary 6 air miles north. Map on page 662. NARA page 661
- Post Offices
Taylor — Post office location map (1914)
…application receipt. Circular map centers on Taylor and shows Reedsville, Bretz, Masontown, Gladesville, Manown, Kingwood, Deckers Creek, Cheat River, M&K railroad, county roads, and county line. No independent map date. NARA page 662
- Timeline
The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad reaches Kingwood
March 1906 Brown reports that the railroad from Bretz to Kingwood was completed by March 1906. The M&K was then making two daily trips between Morgantown and Kingwood. Kingwood Kingwood Railroads James J. Brown, “The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad,” Proceeding…
- Visual History
Watering the ovens
Workers water the beehive coke ovens at Bretz, with steam rising above the ovens and railroad cars alongside. This later operating view illustrates the plant decades after full production began in 1907; it does not depict the opening year. The LOC catalog date…