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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333 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

C. V. in Antidiscriminative Suit for Stone

Standard Stone & Lime Co. Claim Discrimination Against Them. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co. operating near Martinsburg, both of which operations have offices in Baltimore, have filed a complaint […]
July 29, 1908
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Assessment of Railroad Property in Jefferson County

On Wednesday Judge Faulkner decided the assessment made by the Board of Public Works on the property in Jefferson county of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Winchester and Potomac and the Baker branch, the latter […]
October 31, 1907
October 5, 2023
October 5, 2023

Harpers Ferry & Bolivar Items

On the paling fences vines are still trailing their green length. The cosmos of white and pink blossoms and every variety of dahlia are in many yards. Father Collins, who has returned from Richmond, says the […]
October 29, 1907
July 19, 2018
July 19, 2018

New Store at Bakerton

New store at Bakerton. The undersigned desires to inform the public that he has opened a store in his new building at Bakerton, between the church and the school-house, on the public road, where he will […]
October 17, 1907
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Wm. Link, Removing to Martinsburg to Superintend Lime Plant

Mr. Wm. H. Link, of Duffields, who has been a subscriber to the REGISTER for a good many years, called to see us on Monday. Mr. Link expects to move with his family to Martinsburg, where […]
December 14, 1905
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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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