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The city is on a point of land formed where the
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The city became an early industrial center because of |
One day we went to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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The city is on a point of land formed where the
Shenandoah River joins the Potomac River. |
The city became an early industrial center because of |
Harpers Ferry is most famous because of John Brown, who led a
group including
slaves to try to steal guns from the armory in hopes of starting a slave revolt.
The plan failed, and all of the group were killed then or executed later.
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For a while they took cover in the armory firehouse, now called John Brown's Fort and preserved here but not in its original location.
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The National Historic Site had several small museums telling
about the history of Harpers Ferry.
Harpers Ferry was the location of a Civil War battle, Stover College (a school
for freed slaves),
and several floods that destroyed the town from time to time.
We looked inside this historic boarding house
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Another view of the boarding house (above) |
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A beautiful Catholic church was built when Irish workers moved to Harpers Ferry
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The church as seen from the boarding house |
The church is high on a hill |
The ruins of another church are even further up the hill
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A cellar under a hillside (above) Steps leading up a hill (middle) |
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A street with a beautiful view of the mountains |
More views of the mountains
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