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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December 20, 2025

Bakerton Labs; Destroyed by Fire

Two small buildings housing the laboratories of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton were destroyed by fire last Saturday morning.
December 17, 2025
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Washington Building Lime Check

667.38April 6, 1905At SightPay to the order of Citizens Nat. Bank Frederick Six hundred and sixty seven 38/100 Dollars Value received and charge to account of The Washington Building Lime CompanyJ H Baker, Treasurer To N. […]
December 16, 2025
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Price of Lime, Brunswick Business Men Assoc.

THE BUSINESS MEN’S ASSOCIATION, OF BRUNSWICK, MD. WM. L. GROSS,President. G. H. HOGAN,Secretary. Brunswick, Md., October. 18. 17,. 190 Mr. W. S. Adams,Lander, Md. My Dear Mr. Clint:;,I am returning you Mr. Fawleys, check which you […]
December 16, 2025
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Standard Lime & Stone Receipt; W.L. Gross.

Buckeystown Office of The Standard Lime & Stone Co.Office at Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. Telegraph Office, Frederick, Md.Telephone Connections Buckeystown, Frederick County, Md. July 6-1912 Mr. W. L. GrossBrunswick, Md. Dear SirWe thank you very much […]
September 14, 2025

Wm. Flanagan Lime For Sale

LIME.The subscriber has for sale 2,000 bushels of superior LIME at his kilns near Reynolds’ “Little Mill,” which he will sell on reasonable terms. WM. FLANAGAN. August 27, 1840
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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