Alderson,
West Virginia (WV)
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| Alderson,
WV was incorporated
in 1881 and named for John Alderson,
Baptist minister, who settled in the
community in 1777. Soon after becoming
president, Ulysses S. Grant dined
in Alderson while traveling over
the newly completed C&O
railroad line on his way to visit
friends in Charleston,
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The
recently restored Alderson
Depot, is located in the heart
of Alderson's historic district.
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The
Alderson Depot, a circa 1896
wood-frame structure, is typical
of standard Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway (C&O) design used by
the railroad during the period
from 1890 to 1915.
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The Greenbrier River at
Alderson, West Virginia, Greenbrier
County.
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From
a postcard of about 1906, a
photo of the Allegheny
Collegiate Institute at
Alderson, WV.
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The
old Bank of Alderson building,
one of many examples of
turn-of-the-century architecture
in Alderson's historic district.
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Lower
quadrangle, looking west, Alderson Federal Prison for Women
(originally named:
Federal Reformatory for Women)
near Alderson, WV.
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Upper
quadrangle, looking southwest,
from open end of quadrangle, Alderson Federal Prison for Women
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near Alderson, WV.
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West
end of lower quadrangle, showing
Administration building at Alderson Federal Prison for Women
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near Alderson, WV.
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North
side of lower
quadrangle, Federal Alderson Federal Prison for Women,
off St. Rt. 3, near Alderson, WV.
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School & Chapel,
Alderson Federal Prison for Women
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near Alderson, WV.
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Warden's
house, Alderson Federal Prison for Women
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near Alderson, WV.
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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (center) with Mrs. Henry Morganthau (left) and Alderson Warden Mary Belle Harris (right),
circa 1934.
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Aerial photo of Alderson Federal Prison
for Women, from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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