Life At Woodman, KY Early 1900's
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company Mill Town


Blackie, VA between
Woodman & Hurley, VA


Train tunnel thru mountain to Devan & Williamson
Ritter Lumber Houses


Lodema Smith


Ritter Planning Mill - 1920


School - Location?

Left Picture - Bill back row about 6 from left. Dimpson lower right with cap 1st sitting left of water bucket

Drinking at The Well
Woodman, KY

Front - young Woodrow Hensley, Ed Wolford (teacher)
Back - Nancy Samson
Dimpson Nunley


Good 'ol Boys

All you need is a good dog and a couple guns                  


Lyle Smith &
 Bernard Nunley


James King Family

  Front right is  Violet Christian (Joe Christian's Sister) - married Drew Smith


Mill at Woodman
Maybe kiln and boilers
 in the foreground


Christmas 1914 Looking up Lower Elk/Knox Creek towards planing mill


Employee Statement


Planing Mill


Boarding House Menu

Woodman did not have a company store. Ireland Smith owned one of the 2 stores at Woodman in the 1920's. Lot's of people would not pay their bills as most was sold on credit.

Ritter Lumber - McClure

                                                  


Store


Train


Mill
Lower Elk Mill - Woodman

Ritter Lumber Company
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Ritter Lumber Company

Ireland Smith

Andrew Smith