15 Photos Of West Virginia In The 1960s

The 1960s were a tumultuous time for a lot of places. And West Virginia has sure changed a lot since then. How many of the places in these pictures from the 1960s do you recognize?

2. This was taken at the 1962 C&O / B&O Annual Staff Meeting and Christmas Party at The GreenbrierDecember 13, 1962 at The Greenbrier in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. The Crystal Room.

3. Here's another photo from inside the Greenbrier in the 1960s.

4. And another shot of the Greenbrier in the 1960s. This is from a post card.

5. This was taken in the West Virginia Mountains in February 1963.

6. This is a shot of the state capitol in 1965.

7. This milkman delivers milk and bread in Garden Farms, Huntington, West Virginia. May 1960.

8. This was Penny’s Drive In in Logan during the 1960s.

9. Ranger Joe Tekel gives directions to a family at the Smokehole Recreation Area, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia in 1966.

10. This a 1961 yearbook shot from Chester High School.

11. This is the 1961 Chester High School basketball team.

12. This one of a boy feeding chickens was taken in 1963.

13. This is a woman getting coal in West Virginia in November 1963.

14. A man and a horse pose in this 1963 picture.

15. This is a picture of a farmhouse and car taken in 1963.

What do you think of these pictures? Do you have a favorite?

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