Harper's Ferry Story of Origins and Mobley Raider
A historical sketch of Harper's Ferry West Virginia recounts early settlers and land deals with the Lord Fairfax grant, the Wager family, and Washington purchase in 1796. It notes the Wager Bridge events, Civil War raids, and the guerrilla exploits of John Mobley with White's Cavalry until his death in 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Harper's Ferry
W. Va
Shenandoah
Gormac
Pennsylvania
Lord Fairfax
Eng
America
Joseph
Philadelphia
Friends
Loudoun County
Blue Ridge Mountains
Peter Stevens
Gutterman ‘Fom
Berkeley
Robert Harper
Sarah
John Wager
Harper House
High Street
Propriet Ressen
Wager
Grast
Justice Swain
Supreme Court
Laura
Washington
Shenandjabh
Potomac Rivers
Bolivar Heights
Loudoun Heights
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ferry
Agrand
North Carolina
John Mobley
Mobley
Zoudoun
Shenandoah River
White
Rosser
Stevenson
Harper’s Ferry
Stevesson
Mooley
Disjointed notices and crime reports from Burkittsville area
An article fragment recounts a clash with concealed soldiers near a barn, a rider mortally wounded, and a man dying at a central residence. It also lists local social notes from Burkittsville and Fragaville, preaching schedules, visits, and family news. Additional items include legal arrest for misappropriation, a firefighter’s near-matal, a Wisconsin labor law ruling, a burglary case in Baltimore, and a German citizen reading a Dayton newspaper.
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Burkitteville
Walter Mills
Ada Pfeifer
Lorettaville
Otto Aighbarger
Davis
Hageratown
Karn
Mary Akera
Bear Jefferson
Fragaville
John J. Culler
Adamstown
L. J. Culler
Lewis Thomas
H. J. Baard
Jefferson
Mra. Onller
Mary M. Beard
Lutheran Sunday School
Reformed Church
Leatherman
West Myeravilla
R. &. Derr
Bessie Exley
Maud Zimmerman
Mise Tillie Culler
Henry Rechtin
Justice
Ile
Rechtin
Cincinnati
Knox
Tracewell
Norfolk
Tunts Lumber Company
Jerry Wiggins
Madison
Wis
Baltimore
Joseph Reis
New York
Rets
George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton Volkazeltung
Aly
A. L. Pearce
Mote
Somanhond
Moti's Chemical CO
Cleveland
Soledicy & AL
Prarre
Frederick Boy
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
United States Navy
Miles
Fort Riley
Kaw
West Point
United States
Kilpatrick
San Francisco
Manila
Helen Gould
Mt. Holyoke Colege
Northampton
Mass
William Crosby
Warsaw
C. N. Hauer
Frededek, Md
Markey's
North Market Sthrert
Releif
Sole
A. L. Pearre
Wee Heensa
George A. Gilbert
North Market St. P
Juat
Asylum
Buffalo
HAUER
Hest
WM. S. Miller & CO
C. Thomas Kemp
Carty’s Furniture Store
E. Patrick St
Fred’k, Ma
JAS. E. Walker, & CO
Dr. Jaeger
James E. Walker & Co
Blackston
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Socents
B. Rosenour & Sons
North Market Street
Adams Express Office
Frederick, Md
S. M. Dizon, Proprietor
W. H. B. Etchison
South Market Street