Keywords: Weltzheimer's Tavern in Shepherdstown, West Virginia LCCN2015631432.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; A combination brick and clapboard building Here according to local lore in November 1790 Nathaniel Willis published the Potowmak Guardian and Berkeley Advertiser the first newspaper in what is now West Virginia Willis had participated in the Boston Tea Party of 1773 Between 1795 and 1823 first Frederick Weltzheimer and then his widow Catherine operated a tavern here in the brick section and let rooms in the wooden section ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015631432 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/31300/31357a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 31357 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 31357 39 25 8523 0 N 77 48 2377 0 W alt 107_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |