Winchester - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

50 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

September 24, 1914

24 Sep 1914

Lamon to Manage Flanagan Farms

A. A. Lamon, who has been chief clerk at the Hotel Evans in Winchester for several years, has resigned in order to take charge of the management of Mrs. Bertha Flanagan’s farms at Bakerton, this county.

August 31, 1911

31 Aug 1911

Flanagan, Koppe, visit Strasburg and Winchester

Miss Martha Flanagan and Miss Annie Koppe, of Bakerton, visited the former’s brother, Mr. Walter J. Flanagan, at Strasburg, Va., and also paid a visit to friends in Winchester the past week.

July 20, 1911

20 Jul 1911

Spencer Takes Tavern Business For Radius of 20 miles.

Takes Business of Rivals. Spencer is now doing all the business formerly done by the three hotel bars that flourished for many years in Harpers Ferry, and then some more. Harpers Ferry was never dry before […]

November 1, 1906

1 Nov 1906

Owen Higgins, Captured Coat of Custer

Captured Coat of General Custer. Mr. Owen Higgins, of Baltimore, the man who captured the uniform of General Custer, the famous army officer and Indian-fighter, during the Civil War, and who took part in many daring […]

April 26, 1904

26 Apr 1904

Winchester Catholic Cemetery To Be Relocated

The historic old Catholic Cemetery in Winchester, belonging to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, is to be sold under an act of the Legislature. The property was condemned on sanitary grounds. All of the bodies will […]

January 7, 1904

7 Jan 1904

Obit: Dennis M. Daniels

Mr. Dennis M. Daniels died suddenly at his home in Frederick, Md, on Sunday morning, December 27, 1903. He arose in his usual bright spirits, and had been chatting with the members of his family for […]

June 24, 1903

24 Jun 1903

Rouzee’s estate sues B&O. Fourth member of family killed by railroad.

Railroad Sued for Rouzee’s Death.Special to The Washington Post. Winchester, Va., June 23.— The estate of Walter Rouzee, who was killed by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Bakerton, has sued the railroad […]

October 26, 1901

26 Oct 1901

Fed. Court Adjourns; Harpers Ferry Paper Company Wins River Pollution Case

FEDERAL COURT ADJOURNSTO MEET IN THIS CITY THE SECOND TUESDAY IN MAY NEXT. The Harper’s Ferry Paper Company Wins the Famous Potomac River Pollution Case — The Temporary Injunction Perpetuated — Other Cases. After being in […]

October 24, 1901

24 Oct 1901

Ore Bank vs. Harpers Ferry Pulp

Important Case Decided.In the United States Court in Martinsburg last Saturday in the case of the Harper’s Ferry pulp company against Joseph E. Thropp, etc., Judge Jackson gave a decision in favor of the pulp company. […]

September 10, 1901

10 Sep 1901

First Victim of John Brown Raid

Practically neglected and gradually merging into the characterless undulations of the Old Colored Cemetery in this city, is a grave that the colored people should especially honor. Over its apparently neglected surface they should raise some […]

January 1, 1900

1 Jan 1900

West Virginians [Jefferson Co.] Report a Year of Much Prosperity

FARMERS FARED WELL.West Virginians Report A Year of Much Prosperity.MOST ABUNDANT APPLE CROP.Lands Held Their Own In Price And Farmers Had Little Difficulty In Getting Loans At 6 Per Cent. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, […]

July 29, 1896

29 Jul 1896

Carter, Theft of Houser’s Horse.

A man calling himself James H. Carter was arrested in Hillsborough, Loudoun county, Va., Thursday, and brought to this place late that night by Constable S. T. Jones, of Harper’s Ferry. The man was arrested on […]

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