A history of Keyser,
since 1852
Postcards, papers and photographs of Keyser from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Keyser, the county seat of Mineral County, is located on the North Branch of the Potomac River at its juncture with New Creek in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Throughout the centuries, the town went through a series of name changes, but was ultimately named after William Keyser, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Keyser’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCamp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgo…, 1865: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Keyser
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Keyser, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Keyser
1 place in Keyser is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Camp of 22nd Pennsylvania (Ringgold) Cavalry, Union Army, New Creek (Keyser), W.Va (1865) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.