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Thurmond WV early 1900s

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

The Town of Thurmond as it appeared in the early 1900s. (Photo courtesy Joe Green)

Thurmond Passenger Station

Captain William Thurmond

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