Papers, 1930 (ca.)-1947.

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Papers, 1930 (ca.)-1947.

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Essays by and research materials of local historian Leonora W. Wood of Keyser, W. Va., chiefly concerning Hampshire and Mineral counties, W. Va. Biographical subjects include Margaret Brent, John Champe, Michael Cresap, Andrew Summers Rowan, James Rumsey, and George Washington. Geographic subjects include Bath (now Berkeley Springs), Capon Springs, Devil's Garden, Fort Ashby, Fort Edwards, Keyser, Harpers Ferry, Ice Mountain, Morefield, New Creek, Old Fields, Ridgeville, Smoke Hole, and other places, chiefly in Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton, and Mineral counties, W. Va., and Fort Ohio, Cumberland, Md. Topical subjects include the Civil War skirmish over the railroad bridge at Bloomington, W. Va. (May 5, 1864), folk music, the New Creek Company of Philadelphia (a land development company), the Ohio Company, the Old Northwest Turnpike (now U.S. Highway 50), and tournaments.

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Rowan, Andrew Summers

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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Cresap, Michael, 1742-1775

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Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792

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