As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical ... Read more about New Poll Finds National Parks Are Unifying, Bipartisan Issue in West Virginia Press ...

Today, the town of Harpers Ferry is the heart of Harpers ... a breathtaking viewpoint overlooking three states (West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland) and two rivers (the Potomac and Shenandoah).

He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry ... Virginia (now Charles Town, West Virginia), along with the other captives. There they were quickly tried, sentenced ...

His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded by mountains, tucked at the bottom of a ravine created by a pair of rivers. The arsenal was a huge complex of ...