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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July 31, 2018

Houser’s Health Declines; Flanagan Transferred

D. Raleigh Houser, who for a number of years has been the efficient superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company’s plant at Bakerton, this county, has been obliged to give up his work temporarily on account […]
July 31, 2018

Smith Killed at the Bakerton Quarries

Killed at the Bakerton Quarries.- William M. Smith, engineer in charge of the dinkey engine, at the limestone quarries at Bakerton, this county, was killed last Monday by a collision of the engine and a string […]
July 31, 2018

Moler Heirs 79 Acres to Lime Company

The heirs of Wm. J. Moler have sold to the Washington Building Lime Company their farm of 79 acres at Bakerton, this county. This tract adjoins the property of the company, which will, it is said, […]
July 31, 2018

Lime Works Lays off Large Number of Employees

Owing to the closing of a part of the Bakerton lime works a number of our laborers have been thrown out of employment.
July 20, 2018

John Moore’s Trying Day

John Moore, of Sample’s Manor, who works at the Bakerton lime plant, had a trying day of it last Wednesday. He was first struck on the head by a flying stone from a blast, which caused […]
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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