Research Topic

Railroad

This topic appears in 110 indexed records between 1831 and 1946.
110 Indexed Records
1831 Earliest Record
1946 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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July 24, 2023

Shepherdstown Designated As Canal/Railroad Transfer Point

The people of Virginia, and especially those living in the Shenandoah Valley, are anxiously looking forward to the restoration of the C. & O. Canal as a means of securing to them cheap bituminous coal. Shepherdstown, […]
July 24, 2023

The Doings of the Railroads

Last Saturday night, while every body slept except the railroaders, the little town of Brunswick, which used to be called Berlin, became the end of the first division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the […]
July 24, 2023

Welty & Hispley assult Leary

William Welty and Edwin Hipsley, two Martinsburg boys, were arrested last week for assaulting Thomas Leary, an old B. & O. watchman. They hit the old man with a piece of steel, breaking three of his […]
July 24, 2023

They Want the Railroad.

The REGISTER’S article last week on the proposed railroad through Jefferson and Berkeley counties, from North Mountain, say, to Harper’s Ferry, has caused a great deal of comment, and the one expression from the people along […]
July 22, 2023

Bradley, Arrested At Sandy Hook

A man named Bradley was arrested in Maryland Saturday, charged with stealing brass from the B. & O Railroad at Sandy Hook. He was lodged in the Hagerstown jail.
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 25 records
1900s 22 records
1830s 20 records
1880s 10 records
1910s 10 records
1840s 9 records