Research Topic

Limestone Quarries

Limestone quarries were once a prominent industry and the largest employer in Jefferson County, West Virginia, shaping the communities surrounding Harpers Ferry and Bakerton. The industry drew large numbers of working-class laborers whose lives left a lasting impact on the region.

This topic appears in 153 indexed records between 1832 and 1960.
153 Indexed Records
1832 Earliest Record
1960 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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October 6, 2024

1916 WV Geological Survey; Bakerton Quarries

Bakerton Quarries.— Engle Station is located 15 miles east of Martinsburg, in Jefferson County, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Bakerton is a small settlement located two miles to the northeast of […]
August 14, 2024

Decker, Harpers Ferrian, Liberator, and Patentee.

The Harper’s Ferry correspondent of the Shepherdstown Independent says:“Carl” Decker, the New York Journal Cuban correspondent, and the liberator of Miss Cisneros from the Spanish dungeon, Cuba, is a Harper’s Ferrian by birth and ancestry. His […]
August 14, 2024

Works at Bakerton

Passing through the busy little settlement of Bakerton last Thursday, we stopped for a few minutes chat with Mr. D. R. Houser, the efficient superintendent of the outside men engaged upon the works of the Washington […]
August 14, 2024

Superintendent Brett & Moore married.

Mr. Samuel W. Brett, superintendent of the Bakerton Lime Works, and Miss Fannie B. Moore, attractive daughter of County Commissioner T. B. Moore, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents, at Halltown in this […]
August 14, 2024

Bakerton Lime; Gold Medal at World’s Fair

The Washington Building Lime Company of Bakerton, this county, received at the World’s Fair the highest award, a gold medal, for the best quality of lime– superior points of excellence and the highest tribute paid to […]
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This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 50 records
1910s 42 records
1900s 29 records
1930s 10 records
1920s 9 records
1850s 3 records