Businesses In Rock In The 1800’s and Early 1900’s
Bailey, A. Crockett – Railroad Contractor
Bailey, J. Mason – General Store
Bailey, P. J. – General Store
Bird, John H. – Medical Doctor
Bowling Bros. Wholesale & Retail Store
Carter & Caldwell, Feed and Livery Stable
Groves, A. A. – Restaurant
Hartwell, G. M. – Blacksmith
Kinzer, C. E. – General Store
McClusky, S. M. – Grocery Store
Munsey, J. W. – Grocery Store
Rock Lumber and Machine Co. Planning Mill & Lumber
Schevich, A. – Merchant Tailor
Sale, Bailey & Co. – Coffins and Furniture
Vest, J. A. & Co. – Lumbermen
Walton, Thomas J. – Wholesale Beer House
Rock Post Office & Depot
Hughes, Charlie – Road Superintendent
Kinder, L. G. – Grocery Store
Echols, Denver – Grocery Store and Mill
Bailey, Leonard – Grocery Store
Echols, Denver – General Store
(Later Kelly’s Store owned by Gene & Dot Kelly)
Young, Fred – General Store
(Later Reed’s Store owned by Newt & Gladys Reed)
Additional Information submitted (March 2015) by Nancy Bailey of Rock
Businesses & industries located in ROCK, WV over the years from my Jim Baileys memory.
Businesses located on the south side of Bluestone River
Smith Brothers, Smith Bottling, Rock Cliff Mineral Springs Bottling Co.
Hospital & ice house built by Dr’s Bird & Vermillion
General store (for a short period of time) across road from bottling plant
Two privately owned sawmills
Barber shop in former hospital house
VGN Freight and passenger station & section gang for track maintenance
Rock United Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge (located upstairs of bottling plant)
Pythian Lodge (later converted into a house)
Baseball field with teams sponsored by coal companies in area
Motorcycle races on track around baseball field
Businesses located on the north side of Bluestone River
Planeing mill, barrel stave mill (for making wooden barrels) & concrete
Block plant (made blocks for bottling plant building). These were Owned by Charles Hughes
Local saloon (where post office is now)
N&W Freight & passenger station & section gang for track maintenance
Three general stores (two selling gasoline & kerosene
Post office in general stores (a freestanding office in past several years)
Blacksmith shop (mostly for shoeing horses & wagon repair)
Slaughter house (didn’t last too long — not much demand)
Boarding house (known as Jew house)
Coffin shop (coffins sold in general store)
Tunnel mill — grist mill & carding loom
Baptist Church (not having regular services)
Several cemeteries in the general area (can identify about 10 or more)