History of Eastern Jefferson County, West Virginia
William D. Theriault
Hagerstown, Maryland: Published by the Author, 2009
CONTENTS
I. GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
III. EARLY EXPLORERS AND SETTLERS (1700-1753)
IV. EARLY FAIRFAX GRANTS (1754-1759)
V. THE FRENCH-INDIAN WAR (1754-1763)
VI. THE SECOND WAVE OF SETTLEMENT (1760-1775)
VII. THE BEGINNING OF INDUSTRY (1760-1775)
VIII. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH (1775-1799)
IX. THE ARMORY AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY (1800-1835)
X. THE ARRIVAL OF THE RAILROAD AND THE CANAL (1836-1860)
XII. RECONSTRUCTION AND THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRY (1866-1883)
XIII. THE FOUNDERS OF BAKERTON
XIV. ESTABLISHMENT OF BAKERTON (1883-1921)
XV. THE SECOND GENERATION OF BAKERS (1922-1948)
XVII. THE BAKERTON PLANT LEAVES THE BAKER FAMILY (1949-1957)
APPENDIX A. EXCERPTS FROM "A BRIEF BY L[ODONZO] C. ENGLE ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLE NAME"
APPENDIX B. GENEALOGIES OF FAMILIES IN EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
APPENDIX C. THE BAKERTON CENTENNIAL
APPENDIX D. INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS