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.
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333 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018

Millard Purchases Kibler Store; New Store Building Being Excavated

Preston S. Millard, the Bakerton merchant who was burned out a couple of months ago, and who has since been doing business in the hall in that village, has bought out Amos R. Kibler, who had […]
January 31, 1918
July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018

Welsh thanks Insurance Company

Bakerton, W. Va., December 12, 1917 Washington, Alexander & Cooke, Charles Town, W. Va. Gentleman–My furniture was burned in the fire that destroyed the P. S. Millard store at Bakerton on December 1, 1917, and same […]
December 20, 1917
July 22, 2018
July 22, 2018

National Highway Garage Sells Automobiles to Area Residents

The National Highway Garage has sold automobiles to the following during the past week: Maxwell touring cars to W. L. Manuel, Bakerton, and Joseph Williams, colored, west of town; Ford touring car to E. T. Licklider […]
August 24, 1916
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Analysis of Ore from Old Flanagan Farm

An expert from Canada is drilling for a certain quality of ore on Mrs. A. A. Lamon’s Rock Hill farm near Bakerton, this county, and it is hoped that an analysis may prove it to be […]
September 23, 1915
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Items from Bakerton.

Items From Bakerton. I see through your columns news from other places, and I thought that I would give you some from our little town. Bakerton is growing and is now about a mile long. It […]
November 19, 1914
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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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