Cumberland - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

33 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

February 1, 1853

1 Feb 1853

Canal Load & Navigation Data

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was navigable, during the past year, only about six months, yet the descending tonnage reached 151,369 tons, and the ascending tonnage to 16,226 tons– total tonnage 167,595 […]

October 8, 1850

8 Oct 1850

Married (Shepherdstown, Oct 8 1850)

MARRIED. On the 2nd instant, by the Rev. Mr. Schmucker, Mr. Jacob Saylor of Cumberland, Md., to Miss Laura L. Vincenheller of Shepherdstown. On the 25th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Furlong, Samuel R. Snyder to […]

January 17, 1849

17 Jan 1849

Bedinger: Motion for Sale of Government Lands at Harpers Ferry

HARPER’S FERRY.— The Richmond Whig has an article on the proposition now pending in Congress, on the motion of Mr. Bedinger, the representative from the Charlestown district, which has for its object the sale of all […]

September 17, 1844

17 Sep 1844

Birth in Railcars.

BIRTH IN THE CARS. — A German woman, as we learn from the Baltimore Clipper, gave birth to a child, on Wednesday, in one of the Western train from Baltimore to Cumberland, when it reached Harper’s […]

April 19, 1843

19 Apr 1843

Freshet in the Potomac

GREAT FRESHET IN THE POTOMAC.– The rains of last week melting the masses of snow on the Alleghany Mountains caused a sudden and heavy freshet in the Potomac River. The water rose higher than at any […]

September 12, 1839

12 Sep 1839

Disturbances on the Canal

DISTURBANCES ON THE CANAL.A correspondent of the National Intelligencer writing from Clear Spring, under the date of 31st August, thus speaks of the measures adopted by the military who have marched to the line of the […]

May 21, 1831

21 May 1831

Our Grand Canal.

Our Grand Canal.– We have at length had an opportunity of passing up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as far as the Great Falls of the Potomack, being something more than half of the distance that […]

June 23, 1830

23 Jun 1830

Direct Route to Baltimore

The people of Hampshire have long had it in contemplation, to improve the road leading through that county, from the National Road beyond Cumberland, to Smithfield in this county, so as to afford them the means […]

June 26, 1823

26 Jun 1823

Armory Corresponce Regarding C&O Canal

From the National Intelligencer.Potomac Canal.– We have been favored with a copy of the following correspondence, which we publish with great pleasure, as it presents a view not hitherto taken, of the importance, of the proposed […]

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