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12 results for “Oak Park”
- Visual History
Oak Park beside the M&K Railroad (date unknown)
This undated photograph illustrates Oak Park beside the railroad tracks; it is not identified as a photograph of the park’s 1909 opening day. See caption or archive record West Virginia History OnView · WVU Libraries Masontown Oak Park opens beside the M&K Rai…
- Timeline
Oak Park closes
1930 Oak Park closed its gates in 1930. e-WV attributes the park’s decline to the growing popularity of automobile travel, the weakening rail and coal industries, and the onset of the Great Depression. Peggy Ross’s 1994 Goldenseal article preserves an eyewitne…
- Timeline
Oak Park opens beside the M&K Railroad in Masontown
June 9, 1909 James J. Brown dates Oak Park’s opening near Masontown to June 9, 1909, although the exact opening date remains under review. Brown describes its entrance as facing the railroad tracks and says the amusement park generated excursion traffic for th…
- Visual History
Oak Park photographs
…of opening day. Undated photographs James Brown collection Masontown Oak Park near Masontown, date unknown. Photo courtesy of the James Brown collection. Oak Park entrance sign marked “100 Acres,” with trees, benches, and utility poles beyond. James Brown coll…
- Communities
Bretz
…Railroad’s arrival, the Elkins Coal & Coke Company’s beehive ovens, Oak Park, and the later end of rail service along the corridor. Nine images from 1904 to 1942 include an establishment application, maps, questionnaires, and a proposed site change. They ident…
- Sources
e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia
…e-WV, “Arthurdale” e-WV, “Arthurdale” e-WV, “Camp Dawson” e-WV, “Oak Park” — alternative opening date Brad Martin, “Oak Park,” e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, last revised February 8, 2024 e-WV, “Bretz Coke Ovens” e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, “P…
- Sources
Goldenseal
…& periodicals Peggy Ross, “Echoes of Things Past: Preston County’s Oak Park,” Goldenseal 20, no. 2 (Summer 1994), pp. 46–52 Peggy Ross, “Echoes of Things Past: Preston County’s Oak Park,” Goldenseal, vol. 20, no. 2 (Summer 1994), pp. 46–52 Carl E. Feather, “Th…
- Communities
Masontown
…and the everyday institutions around which the community grew. Oak Park and community recreation See how the railroad helped create Oak Park and how the site became part of Masontown’s social history.
- Sources
West Virginia History OnView
…Arthurdale, W. Va., ca. May 24, 1938 West Virginia History OnView 005249 Oak Park beside the M&K Railroad (date unknown) Civilian Conservation Corps Boys in Camp Preston, Kingwood, W. Va. — West Virginia History OnView 031779 (date unknown) Civilian Conservati…
- Communities
Brookside
…Brookside in relation to Eglon, Rhine Creek, the Youghiogheny River, Oakland, Maryland, and the surrounding mail route.
- Post Offices
Corinth
…Lists State Route 7, B&O Corinth station, Snowy Creek, Terra Alta, Oakland, Hopemont and Hutton. Mail supplied by B&O Railroad. Corinth 1942 Map / diagram Associated with page 420 (date from form). Circular sketch shows B&O Railroad, State Road 7, Snowy Creek…
- Post Offices
Corinth — Post office location form (1942)
…Lists State Route 7, B&O Corinth station, Snowy Creek, Terra Alta, Oakland, Hopemont and Hutton. Mail supplied by B&O Railroad. NARA page 420