HARPERS FERRY NEWSHarpers Ferry, W. Va., Nov. 8 — The community exhibit which took place at the colored school house Thursday and Friday of last week was quite a success. Everything available was displayed, such as […]
We had the occasion to visit the Bakerton neighborhood last week, and were pleased to find it full of life and energy. The large lime works there were running in full blast, and quite a thriving […]
The last enumeration of children between 6 and 16 years of age in Shepherdstown school district, which includes seven sub-districts, was 604. There were enrolled in September in the seven schools of this district 415 out […]
Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House, Near Harper’s Ferry.The recent closing exercises of the Oak Grove public school, so efficiently and satisfactorily taught by Mr. Jesse A. Engle the past three years, were of an […]
A comfortable new public school building of three rooms is being constructed at Bakerton, and the contractors hope to have it completed by the first of October. It is being built of hollow tiles, and is […]
Student Decline Closes Bakerton School CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. — The Jefferson County Board of Education has decided to close the Bakerton Elementary School. Bakerton students will be sent to Harpers Ferry Elementary School. Reportedly this […]
Funds Voted.M. D. WELSH, JR.Tri-State Correspondent CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. — Authorization of expenses incurred by the special school bond election Tuesday and funds for remodeling the Page Jackson school building were voted Wednesday night by […]
Female Education WM M. JONES respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he has concluded to open a School for Females in Alexandria, on the 1st Monday in September next. His course of instruction […]
COMMUNICATED. DEAR REGISTER.– The large and flourishing school so ably taught by that popular teacher Mr. Jesse A. Engle, gave their friends a rare and intellectual and literary treat at the close of their school. This […]
School Entertainment. — A correspondent sends us the following item: Oak Grove School, conducted by Mr. Jesse A. Engle, near Zion Church, gave an entertainment at its close last Saturday a week. Speeches were made by […]
Bakerton, W. VA.,March 10th, 1891, DEAR EDITOR– While all is quiet and serene at this place, yet there is one topic daily discussed with interest, viz: the C. & O. Canal. As many of our citizen […]
Mr. John H. Hill, principal of the colored public school in Shepherdstown, has been appointed assistant principal of the West Virginia State Colored School located near Charleston. The appointment is an excellent one, as Mr. Hill […]
Bakerton, West VirginiaApril 12, 1948 Dear Sir: I am a student at Harper’s Ferry High School, Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. As you are a Professor in a higher institution of learning, I would like to ask […]
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 […]
Mr. and Mrs. M.S.R. Moler, who for a number of years have lived at Engle Station, this county, where Mr. Moler conducted a store, have moved into their new home, just completed along the Charles Town […]
