November 18, 2025

Severe Damage to the B&O, Winchester RR

VIOLENT RAIN STORM– DAMAGE TO THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.– An express was received in this city last evening from Harper’s Ferry, stating that a violent storm of rain occurred in the vicinity of that place […]
November 8, 2025
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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.
October 23, 2025

Naturalization: John Morgan

John Morgan, a native of Ireland, this day applied to the Court to be admitted a citizen of the United States, and it appearing to the Court that more than two years ago, to wit: at […]
September 27, 2025

Jno. Barnett vs. Pat’k Hagan

John Barnett ag’st Patrick Hagan, a jury, to wit: Christian Glassford, George Price, Michael Cookus, Joseph Engle, A. M. Vanarsdale, Lewis Young, Benjamin B. Welsh, Stuart Price, Francis W. Rawlins, Samuel W. Strider, John G. Unseld, […]
July 2, 2025

Naturalization: John Ryan

John Ryan, a native of Ireland, this day applied to the Court to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States: Whereupon the said John Ryan exhibited a certificate of the Clerk of the […]