Research Topic

Industry

Explore the industrial history of Jefferson County, WV and the Harpers Ferry area, including quarries, canals, railroads, manufacturers and the working-class labor that sustained the region.

This topic appears in 333 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
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1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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October 19, 2025
October 19, 2025

The Eagle v1, n2: Hotel Conner, Bolivar Map

May 22, 1976
January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Bolivar Names Bakerton Man New Policeman

Bolivar Names New PolicemanBy MARTIN D. WELSH JR.Herald Correspondent BOLIVAR, W. Va. — Mayor Robert Dunn has appointed a Bakerton man as policeman with the Bolivar Police Department. Gerald Eugene Jamison, a laboratory technician with the […]
November 27, 1965
May 2, 2025
May 2, 2025

Nat. Safety Comp. 1948-58 [Bakerton Excerpts]

Winners in second, third, fourth, and fifth places for Certificates of Achievement in Safety in the nonmetallic-mineral mine group: p. 831948 – Bakerton mine, Bakerton, W. Va., Standard Lime and Stone Co., 120,624 man-hours without a […]
January 1, 1960
October 6, 2024
October 6, 2024

Geologic Field Conference for Public School Teachers of Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson [Excerpt of Bakerton]

Stop 4The limestone and dolomite in this abandoned quarry are probably the same type of rocks that are quarried extensively at Bakerton and Engle and further south at Millville This same formation contains some beds of […]
January 1, 1952
December 4, 2019
December 4, 2019

Molers Cross Road History Reveals Settlers There As Early As 1732 .

[Based on materials by Nellie Hendricks Moler] Delving into old records of early land grants, you will find that tracts of land were taken up in this ection along the Potomac River just as early as […]
December 4, 1949
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 83 records
1910s 40 records
1830s 38 records
1900s 37 records
1850s 20 records
1880s 14 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Industry" across historical collections.

Moler
27 records
Baker
18 records
Houser
13 records
Flanagan
13 records
Knott
12 records
Engle
10 records
Thropp
10 records
Ahl
9 records
Dunn
7 records
Mealey
7 records
Link
7 records
Strider
7 records
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