This book serves as a guide for the Carriage House Museum that the Monroe County Historical Society has recently completed in Union, WV. Our carriages, wagons, tackle, tools and pictures are on display in this new timber-frame structure, which is, itself, a display of period craftsmanship. The flagship of our fleet is a rare 1880's Omnibus marked "Chalybeate Springs" and "Sweet Springs Hotel." This impressive coach ferried tourists to and from the Alleghany Railway Station to once-faamous resort spas of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Other vehicles include elegant carriages and sleighs as...
This book serves as a guide for the Carriage House Museum that the Monroe County Historical Society has recently completed in Union, WV. Our carriages...