Evidence

May 30, 1890

Harpers Ferry Mining, Manufacturing & Improvement Incorporated

The Harper’s Ferry Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company has been incorporated for the purposes, as set forth in the articles of agreement, of mining, selling and shipping minerals and ores and for manufacturing said ores; to […]
May 30, 1890

Shenandoah Mill Sold

The Shenandoah Mill property, or a portion of it, including the mill, is said to have been sold to Eastern capitalists by Mr. S. W. Lightner for $10,000. The purchasers propose to manufacture flour, we understand, […]
August 27, 1889

County Court Proceeding, Road Orders

News. County Court Proceeding. Road Orders Harpers Ferry District. Approved By Samuel W. Strider R. S. : James McGraw, Sam. W. Strider, Jas. Flanagan, Jacob S. Moler, Jacob H. Engle, Mrs. Eliz. M. Cockrell, Martin Smith, Jas. […]
July 5, 1889

Savery Company Stops Ore Bank

Work has been discontinued at the Virginia ore-bank between Shepherdstown and Harper’s Ferry, the Savery Company having had it stopped. The washing of the ore discolors the water so that the pulp mill could not be […]
July 1, 1889

Birth: Bessie Welsh

Register of Births Within the District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, In The County of Jefferson in the Year Ending December 31, 1889 Lines Numbered 70 Date of Birth July 1, 1889 Name of Child, If […]
May 2, 1889

Russell; Roofing For Broaddus and Higgins

Mr. John W. Russell has completed tin roofing the residence of Miss L. Broaddus, in this place [Charles Town], and is now engaged in roofing the dwelling for Mr. Patrick Higgins at Harper’s Ferry.
May 2, 1889

Married: McGraw & Brannon

In St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Harper’s Ferry, April 22d, 1889, by Rev. T. J. Wilson, Mr. JEREMIAH McGRAW to Miss MARGARET BRANNON.
September 1, 1888

Birth: Berna Flanagan

Register of Births Within The District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, For The County Of Jefferson, In The Year Ending 31st December, 1888. Lines Numbered 26 Date of Birth September 1888 Name of Child, If Named […]
April 24, 1888

Garber Hotel; Iron Bridge At Harpers Ferry

The “Garber Hotel” at Weverton, was sold on the 17th inst. to Patrick Higgins, of Sandy Hook, for $1,811. Mr. Oliver Kemp, Supervisor of B. B. & W. S., is erecting an iron bridge at the […]
December 31, 1887

Harpers Ferry Extracts

HARPER’S FERRY.Extracts from a Recent Account by a Reporter for the Baltimore Sun. From all indications, Harper’s Ferry, after lying as dead for twenty-five years, will have its old time prosperity returned to it, and in […]
November 25, 1887

Lamps in Harpers Ferry; Ireland

November 4, 1887

Hamilton Purchases Ore Bank

At a public sale at Charleston, West Virginia, on October 15, 1887, Ex-Governor Hamilton bought the iron ore property known as the Virginia ore bank, owned by Q. P. Ahl and situated 2 miles above Harper’s […]