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Transportation

This topic appears in 47 indexed records between 1824 and 1934.
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1824 Earliest Record
1934 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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June 16, 2024
June 16, 2024

Shenandoah Steamboat Company

SHENANDOAH STEAMBOAT COMPANY.– The river Shenandoah, which empties from the Virginia side into the Potomac, at Harper’s Ferry, it seems, is to be navigated by steamers. A company has been formed called the Shenandoah Steamboat Company, […]
April 19, 1850
October 19, 2025
October 19, 2025

B&O Nearing Completion

The work on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road is advancing to completion, the whole distance from Harpers-Ferry west-ward.– Indeed, for miles, the road is graded; and it is only at some deep cut, of deeper […]
April 1, 1841
October 19, 2025
October 19, 2025

First Train to Harpers Ferry

Arrival of Cars at Harpers-Ferry.— Monday last will be remembered by the citizens of Harpers-Ferry, as an important era in its history.– On that day, at half past 2 o’clock, P. M., a locomotive came thundering […]
December 4, 1834
October 19, 2025
October 19, 2025

Railroad Riots

The disorders on the Washington rail road did not terminate with the atrocious murders detailed in our last. On the night of the 22d ult. some of the ruffians forcibly entered a tavern, kept by Mrs. […]
December 4, 1834
October 19, 2025
October 19, 2025

Rail Road Traveling

Rail Road Travelling. — It appears from a paragraph in the Gazette, that the amount received by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company from persons travelling between Baltimore and Frederick during the month of July […]
August 21, 1834
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 24 records
1890s 5 records
1920s 3 records
1930s 3 records
1910s 3 records
1850s 2 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Transportation" across historical collections.

Lucas
3 records
Hendricks
3 records
Moler
3 records
Knott
3 records
Williams
2 records
Manuel
2 records
Mercer
2 records
Reinhart
2 records
Baker
2 records
Banks
2 records
Carter
2 records
Caton
2 records
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