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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 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Bolivar Names Bakerton Man New Policeman

Bolivar Names New PolicemanBy MARTIN D. WELSH JR.Herald Correspondent BOLIVAR, W. Va. — Mayor Robert Dunn has appointed a Bakerton man as policeman with the Bolivar Police Department. Gerald Eugene Jamison, a laboratory technician with the […]
November 27, 1965
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025

Work at Bakerton; Welsh & Moler Ill. Visitations.

BAKERTON NEWS. With two steam shovels in operation at Bakerton, a great deal of excavation work is in progress. Much excitement prevailed the other day by the rumor, which quickly spread over the entire plant, that […]
June 16, 1921
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Daniel Baker, Dead in Baltimore

DANIEL BAKER, PRESIDENT OF STANDARD LIME AND STONE COMPANY, DIES MONDAY IN BALTIMORE HOME AFTER LONG ILLNESS. Prominent in Business and Church Life of Maryland– Pioneer of Great Quarry Interests In Berkeley County– Identified With Many […]
August 9, 1921
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Petition for Bakerton Road Change Notice

NOTICE.In the matter of the petition of Washington Building Lime Company for change of road at Bakerton. This petition filed on the 4th day of May 1920, for the alteration of the public road at Bakerton […]
July 13, 1920
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Lime Company Petitions for Road Change

The Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton petitioned the court for a change in the location of the county road there. The company’s stone quarries at Bakerton have been gradually extended to the county road at […]
May 11, 1920
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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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