May 1, 2024

State Road Commission Determines Licensure for “Drivable Contraption”

Robert Duke didn’t know what to call the contraption in which he drives daily from Bakerton to Shepherdstown, and neither did the state road commission after they received a description. Duke assembled the machine himself from […]
May 1, 2024

Bakerton Items – Love, Visitors, and Drought Broken

Bakerton, W. Va. – Aug. 16. This section was visited by a very pleasant rain fall, which was a great benefit to the growing crops.  Geo. Trundle has been on the sick list since Friday. We […]
May 1, 2024

Bakerton Items, Visitations, Campmeeting, Business and Drought

Bakerton, W. Va – July 24. Mrs. Alice Trundle, of Washington, is spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. George Duke, near Bakerton. Misses Sallie and Annie White, of Montgomery county, are visiting their uncle, Robert […]
May 1, 2024

Bakerton Campmeeting at Duke’s Woods

Camp-Meeting at Bakerton. Charles Town W. Va, July 26. – A camp-meeting will be held in Duke’s woods, at Bakerton, W. Va., commencing August 11 and continuing 10 days. The meeting will be in charge of […]
November 6, 2023

Hotel Arrivals – Entler Hotel & Virginia Hotel

HOTEL ARRIVALS.ENTLER HOTEL — Major Henry Hagan, Proprietor. D. S. Eichelberger, Jr., Geo. Stanley, Martinsburg; R. W. Grove, Noah Myers, Dr. Russell, C. G. Biggs, W. W. Cronise, Sharpsburg; W. C. Hayes, W. H. Kleinsmith, Baltimore; […]