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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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1976 Latest Record
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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 […]
November 4, 1887
July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023

Harpers Ferry Happenings

From the Sentinel:The Paper Mill Co. has increased their force to over two hundred men and are pushing the work as fast as possible. Charles L. Chapline has purchased the “Daily” property and will repair and […]
October 6, 1887
June 20, 2018
June 20, 2018

Farmers Stock & Agricultural Society of Molers Grove

Moler’s Grove. At a meeting of the Farmers’ Stock and Agricultural Society of Moler’s Grove the following officers were elected by the Society: Capt. L. H. Moler, President. J. W. McGarry, W. J. Knott, Vice-Presidents. G. […]
August 5, 1887
November 10, 2025
November 10, 2025

Small, Esq. Questions Title of Ore Bank

ALBERT SMALL,Attorney and Counsellor at Law.Hagerstown, Md., July 28th, 1883. The Hon. The Secry of the Treasury:Sir:Just at the close of the Rebellion, while a student here my predecessor found among his father’s “papers” a bundle […]
July 28, 1883
July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023

Sprow leaves Ore Bank

Mr. Geo. W. Sprow, who has been superintendent at the ore bank, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, for the Messrs. Ahl, of Antietam Iron Works, about 6 miles south-east of this town, for the […]
March 18, 1882
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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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