Brown gathered his men together and set out for Harpers Ferry. At first the raid went like clockwork. They cut telegraph wires, then easily captured the federal armory and arsenal, which was being ...

John Brown is cornered at Harpers Ferry and Robert E Lee's army rushes the armory doors. He died to make men holy, let us die ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — The National Park Service is set to demolish five deteriorating structures at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, starting Jan. 21. The Henkle Farm House buildings ...

Harpers Ferry encompasses two separate but impossibly ... Near the rivers sits the original armory guard house where in 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a legendary but ultimately unsuccessful ...

Brown gathered his men together and set out for Harpers Ferry. At first the raid went like clockwork. They cut telegraph wires, then easily captured the federal armory and arsenal, which was being ...

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 ...