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Pastimes

This topic appears in 80 indexed records between 1800 and 1943.
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1943 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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Bakerton Items – Love, Visitors, and Drought Broken

Bakerton, W. Va. – Aug. 16. This section was visited by a very pleasant rain fall, which was a great benefit to the growing crops.  Geo. Trundle has been on the sick list since Friday. We […]
August 17, 1894
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July 24, 2023

Harpers Ferry Population

The population of Harper’s Ferry is 952 and Bolivar 804, making a total of 1,756. Of this number, 426 are colored persons.
March 27, 1891
December 6, 2023
December 6, 2023

John Howard Searching For Owner of Pocket Bible

Capt. John Howard, mineralogist for the Charlestown M., M. & I. Co., and who during the late war was an officer in the 7th Md. Regiment, U. S. army, has shown us a pocket bible which […]
March 10, 1891
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July 22, 2023

Items from Bakerton

Letter from Bakerton.Bakerton, Jan. 7, 1891. Miss Mary Moler, ho is attending school in Winchester, was home on a visit during Christmas week. Miss Addie Cather came with her to spend the short holiday given them […]
January 7, 1891
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July 22, 2023

Stouffer & Bowers, Antietam Creek Dynamite

Charles Stouffer and Charles Bowers couldn’t catch fish fast enough last summer in the usual way, so they killed them wholesale with dynamite n Antietam creek. They paid for their violation of the law on Monday, […]
December 5, 1890
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 16 records
1900s 13 records
1910s 13 records
1920s 9 records
1820s 3 records
1860s 2 records

Frequently Associated Families

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

Welsh
19 records
Flanagan
14 records
Moler
12 records
Duke
5 records
Houser
4 records
Hill
4 records
Carter
4 records
Lewis
3 records
Trundle
3 records
Mills
3 records
Knott
3 records
Eichelberger
2 records
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