The Patomack Company excavates a 580-yard canal near Virginius Island.
A notable flood at Harper's Ferry causes considerable damage to property due to a rainy spring.
The Shenandale Springs resort opens to the public, beginning with about ten wooden cottages. In 1821, a two story hotel was added to the property. The large spring on the property was reported to have a mild laxative quality, while the other mineral springs featured a slight odor of sulphur.
A detailed history on the resort by William Theriault is located online here.
The first "West" Virginia library of record was opened in Harpers Ferry by the Harpers Ferry Library Society.
An epidemic of malignant disease stalked travelers and residents of eastern Jefferson County. The outbreak caused many fatalities in Shepherdstown and Harpers Ferry. This "unknown" disease may have been a form of Typhus Fever.
The first newspaper marketed to women was published by John S. Gallaher in Harpers Ferry and titled the Ladies Garland. The paper was published from February 14, 1824 to June 7, 1828 every Saturday evening at the Harpers Ferry Free Press, and was one of the very first papers targeted specifically to women in the United States.
View libraries which possess issues of this paper or find out more about the life of John Gallaher.
The armory was entirely consumed by fire, causing $100,000 worth of damage to buildings, materials, and equipment. The fire also caused the loss of wages of 200 laborers, estimated between 10 and 20,000.
After being fired from his position at the armory, Ebenezer Cox shot and killed Superintendent Colonel Thomas B. Dunn. Although Cox implicated numerous other individuals in the plot of Col. Dunn's pre-meditated murder, only Cox was found guilty of the crime. Cox was later sentenced to death.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which had been under construction through the early 1830's, reaches Harpers Ferry.
The Department of War moved to significantly reduce wages of armory workers at Harpers Ferry, causing a panic among laborers and villagers.
The new Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry was consecrated by Archbishop Writefield of Baltimore, Maryland.
Another significant wave of cholera affects eastern Jefferson County from Harpers Ferry to Shepherdstown, ravaging residents and laborers from summer through winter.
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