POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Weirton (Cove), West Virginia 26062
Date of Photo: September 2004
Photographer: Postmaster Maureen Kerr for Jimmy S Emerson
Comments: When this post office was built in 1937, it was known as "Holiday's Cove, WV". In the late 1940's, Holiday's Cove incorporated into the city of Weirton and this office became known as "Cove Station".


Post Office: Weirton (Cove Station), West Virginia 26062
Date of Photo: September 2004
Photographer: Postmaster Maureen Kerr for Jimmy S Emerson
Comments: The mural was painted in 1940 and is entitled "Captain Bilderbook's and John Schoolcraft's Expedition from Holiday's Cove to Fort Wheeling, 1777". The text at the bottom of the mural reads "In 1777, John Schoolcraft notifed Captain Bilderbook at Holiday's Cove that the Wyandottes and Mingoes were gathering for a raid on Wheeling. Together they led a party of settlers to the rescue which under cover of a dense fog arrived at the fort in time to drive off the attack."