As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s ...

View the acclaimed "Battle of Gettysburg" Cyclorama painting for a sense ... the hallowed ground where pivotal moments in U.S. history unfolded. Explore Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. See key ...

the jump will be located in the Old Standard Quarry next to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and will feature a “cantilevered jump tower” with views of a Civil War battlefield and an ...

Pp. xxvi, 166. Illus., maps, appends., biblio., index. $16.95 paper. ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry amplified North / South tensions and ...

PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans. His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded by mountains, tucked at the bottom of a ravine created ...