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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May 2, 2024

Horses Die In Washington Lime Stable Fire

Horses Die in Stable FireBAKERTON, W. Va., June 11 (Special).– Fire of undetermined origin early this morning destroyed the stable at the Washington Building Lime and Stone Co. plant here. Four horses, three mules and a […]
May 2, 2024

Smith, Killed By Train In Quarry

Killed by Train in QuarriesSpecial to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., May 5– William Smith, of Samples Manor, Maryland, was killed today at the quarries in Bakerton. While running a dinky engine in the […]
May 2, 2024

Virginia Plants Busy As Orders Increase

VIRGINIA PLANTS BUSY AS ORDERS INCREASE.Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 26. — Industrial plants, including stone quarries around Millville and Bakerton, as well as the paper board mill at Halltown, have orders that […]
May 2, 2024

Painter, Engle Quarry Empl., Struck by Train

John W. Painter, an employee of the Engle quarries, near Harpers Ferry, was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Bakerton, W. Va. and seriously injured.
May 1, 2024

Delaney, Marine, Crushed to Death in Quarry

MAN INSTANTLY KILLED.Former U. S. Marine Crushed to Death in a Quarry.Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 13.– Thomas Delaney, who was formerly in the United States marine service, was instantly killed shortly […]
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Time Period Concentration

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