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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.
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333 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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January 12, 2025
January 12, 2025

West Virginians [Jefferson Co.] Report a Year of Much Prosperity

FARMERS FARED WELL.West Virginians Report A Year of Much Prosperity.MOST ABUNDANT APPLE CROP.Lands Held Their Own In Price And Farmers Had Little Difficulty In Getting Loans At 6 Per Cent. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, […]
January 1, 1900
October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024

$20k Fire In Bakerton

$20,000 FIRE IN BAKERTONPlant of Washington Building And Lime Company Destroyed. Charlestown, Va., Oct. 11.– The plant of the Washington Building and Lime Company, located at Bakerton, Jefferson county, was destroyed by fire early this morning, […]
October 12, 1911
October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024

Quarry Officials Deny Coercion

Officials of the Washington Building Lime Company deny that their company has attempted to induce its workmen to vote for the Republican ticket this fall by threatening to discontinue the quarries and lime kilns in the […]
October 15, 1908
October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

C. V. in Antidiscriminative Suit for Stone

Standard Stone & Lime Co. Claim Discrimination Against Them. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co. operating near Martinsburg, both of which operations have offices in Baltimore, have filed a complaint […]
July 29, 1908
October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

Washington Building Lime Connect to United Company’s Lines.

The private telephone lines of the Washington Building Lime Company have been connected with the United Company’s lines in this county, and communication is now established between Bakerton and Millville and other points.
January 28, 1904
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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

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Industry" across historical collections.

Moler
27 records
Baker
18 records
Houser
13 records
Flanagan
13 records
Knott
12 records
Engle
10 records
Thropp
10 records
Ahl
9 records
Dunn
7 records
Mealey
7 records
Link
7 records
Strider
7 records
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