Research Topic

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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333 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

John Wright Removes to Bakerton Quarry

John Wright, who has been working at the Antietam Hotel for the past couple of years, has gone to the Bakerton lime quarries and is working there.
October 26, 1916
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Bakerton Methodist Church Sells Church Lot

The State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson, To-wit: In the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of said County, August 21, 1916. C. D. Carter and other Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Bakerton, […]
September 12, 1916
July 22, 2018
July 22, 2018

National Highway Garage Sells Automobiles to Area Residents

The National Highway Garage has sold automobiles to the following during the past week: Maxwell touring cars to W. L. Manuel, Bakerton, and Joseph Williams, colored, west of town; Ford touring car to E. T. Licklider […]
August 24, 1916
August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

Methodists to Erect New Church

The Southern Methodist congregation at Bakerton, this county, of which Rev. E. W. Aaron is pastor, will erect a handsome new church at that place as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. A number […]
January 20, 1916
October 6, 2024
October 6, 2024

1916 WV Geological Survey; Bakerton Quarries

Bakerton Quarries.— Engle Station is located 15 miles east of Martinsburg, in Jefferson County, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Bakerton is a small settlement located two miles to the northeast of […]
January 1, 1916
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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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