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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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Bakerton is booming!

Bakerton is booming. This thriving town, which is located about half way between Shepherdstown and Harper’s Ferry, is the scene of lively operations just now. The Washington Building Lime Company, which has for years had its […]
January 13, 1898
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John Welsh, Sells Home to Washington Building Lime

John M. Welsh, of Bakerton, has sold his dwelling-house in that place to the Washington Building Lime Company, whose quarries have gotten so close to the property as to make it a rather uncomfortable place in […]
June 6, 1901
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August 4, 2024

Homes & Home Building, Knott.

HOMES AND HOME BUILDING.By J. O. Knott. Standing once more in the front yard of the hold home in Jefferson county and looking towards the mountain rim to the east which marks off the horizon and […]
November 2, 1922
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Rank Garry, Lime Employee on Crutches

Mr. Rank Garry, who works at the Bakerton lime quarries, had his foot painfully mashed and a bone broken in it last week, and he has to go about on crutches. A horse fell on him.
November 24, 1898
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August 4, 2024

John Wright Removes to Bakerton Quarry

John Wright, who has been working at the Antietam Hotel for the past couple of years, has gone to the Bakerton lime quarries and is working there.
October 26, 1916
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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

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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