Research Topic

Canal

An important highway and shipping lane, the C&O Canal was an imperative part of everyday life for many eastern Jefferson County, WV families. Explore its impact from Shepherdstown to Harpers Ferry.

This topic appears in 101 indexed records between 1823 and 1919.
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1823 Earliest Record
1919 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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December 4, 2019
December 4, 2019

Hostilities among C&O Canal Workers

News. From Williamsport Banner. Hostilities among C and O Canal workers ended due to presence of troops, including large party of Corkonians from Harpers Ferry neighborhood or from Winchester Railroad. [Abstract by staff of Harpers Ferry National […]
February 6, 1834
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

C&O Canal, Updates

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.To the Editors of the National Intelligencer. GENTLEMEN:— It may gratify many of your readers, as it certainly will those who are Stockholders in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to learn, that […]
January 9, 1834
August 4, 2023
August 4, 2023

Canal Visitor From Harpers Ferry

We had yesterday the pleasure of conversing with a gentleman who came down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Harper’s Ferry to Georgetown on the preceding day, in a boat, with several other gentlemen. The boat […]
December 5, 1833
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026

Packet Boat Between Point of Rocks, Harpers Ferry.

It will be seen by an advertisement in to-day’s paper, that a Packet Boat has been placed on the Canal, to ply regularly between the Point of Rocks and Harpers-Ferry, “to meet the Rail Road Cars […]
December 5, 1833
June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026

Virginia Coal (on the Potomac)

Virginia Coal.– The opinion is now gaining ground, that large bodies of coal, of a superior quality, exist on the banks of the Potomac river, near the finished parts of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Some […]
November 28, 1833
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 42 records
1890s 13 records
1850s 5 records
1880s 5 records
1840s 4 records
1820s 3 records

Frequently Associated Families

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

Lucas
3 records
Mercer
3 records
Flanagan
3 records
Dixon
2 records
Price
2 records
Schley
2 records
Cruger
2 records
Boteler
2 records
McFarland
2 records
Reynolds
2 records
Hollman
2 records
Strider
2 records
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