Research Topic

Industry

Explore the industrial history of Jefferson County, WV and the Harpers Ferry area, including quarries, canals, railroads, manufacturers and the working-class labor that sustained the region.

This topic appears in 333 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
333 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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October 19, 2025

1,700 Laborers Wanted (B&O Advert)

1,700 LABORERS WANTEDAt One Dollar Per Day. The subscribers, contractors on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, want to employ 1,700 LABORERS, To whom One Dollar a day will be punctually paid. This work is in one […]
October 19, 2025

The Eagle v1, n2: Hotel Conner, Bolivar Map

September 14, 2025

York Farm Rental

To be Rented,TWO valuable PLANTATIONS, situate in Chanceford township, York county, The one known by the name of the BROGUE, an ancient Tavern, with a good house, good stabling, meadows, and orchard. The other in the […]
September 14, 2025

Wm. Flanagan Public Sale

PUBLIC SALE.WILL be sold, at public auction, on Wednesday the 28th instant, at Hazelfield, one mile north of David Moore’s blacksmith shop, and 2 miles south of Walper’s Cross-Roads, Several Horses and Brood Mares,Eight Milch Cows, […]
September 14, 2025

Wm. Flanagan Lime For Sale

LIME.The subscriber has for sale 2,000 bushels of superior LIME at his kilns near Reynolds’ “Little Mill,” which he will sell on reasonable terms. WM. FLANAGAN. August 27, 1840
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 83 records
1910s 40 records
1830s 38 records
1900s 37 records
1850s 20 records
1880s 14 records