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Captain William Thurmond

Riding horseback, Captain William Thurmond was a familar site in the New River Gorge region before his death in 1910.

Riding horseback, Captain William Thurmond was a familiar site in the New River Gorge. (Photo courtesy Joe Green)

Thurmond WV early 1900s

William D Thurmond

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