Knode - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025

The Old River Road to Shepherdstown

The Old River Road to Shepherdstown.By J. O. Knott The Potomac is one of the most picturesque rivers in the world. When I heard as a child, the words: “Oh Jordan’s stormy banks I stand, and […]

November 8, 2025

botelersmill

November 8, 2025

Boteler’s Mill: Labor & Cement in 19th-Century Jefferson County

In 1827, the steady rush of the Potomac River gave life to Boteler’s Mill. This thriving cement works helped build the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and anchored industry along the eastern stretch of Jefferson County, WV. Powered by innovation and the hands of immigrant laborers, the mill’s story is one of ambition, hardship, and transformation.

January 15, 2025

January 15, 2025

Bakerton Benefits By Errors (Baseball)

Bakerton Benefits By Errors.Combining hits with errors in the fourth inning, Bakerton shut out the Shepherdstown Independents, 5 to 0. Heflebower had one bad inning and Knode, who relieved him, allowed but one hit during the […]

May 1, 2024

May 1, 2024

Young School Teacher Assaulted near Peacher’s Mill

ASSAULTED BY A NEGRO.Young School Teacher in Jefferson County the Victim. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., June 27. A most horrible assault case occurred here this afternoon on the River Road, near Peachers Mill, about two miles […]

December 4, 2019

December 4, 2019

Molers Crossroads History

Delving into old records of early land grants, you will find that tracts of land were taken up in this section along the Potomac River just as early as those nearer the tiny village of Mecklenburg […]