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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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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

B. Houser Returns To Bakerton; Clabaugh to Tyrone.

Bryan Houser, who has been employed at Woodville, Ohio, for the past several years, has returned to his home at Bakerton, this county, having been recalled to take a place in the office of the Washington […]
June 20, 1918
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Real Estate Transfers; Washington Building Lime Adds Two Parcels

The Washington Building Lime Company has added two small parcels of real estate to its holdings at Bakerton by purchase. One parcel containing one acre was bought of Hattie Moler and others; the other containing about […]
November 20, 1917
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Bakerton Methodist Church Sells Church Lot

The State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson, To-wit: In the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of said County, August 21, 1916. C. D. Carter and other Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Bakerton, […]
September 12, 1916
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Moler Sells 12 Acres to Washington Building Lime

Albert T. Moler has sold twelve acres from his farm at Bakerton to the Washington Building Lime Company on private terms. The land adjoins the big lime buring plant of this company and contains quantities of […]
November 11, 1915
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Railroad to Erect Poles from Millville to Bakerton

By far the most interesting part of the day’s proceedings on Monday was the hearing of an application of the Winchester and Washington City Railway Company for a franchise to erect its poles and string its […]
December 24, 1908
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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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