West Virginia
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry is a small town at the meeting of two rivers, but its stories reach far beyond the valley. Walk between the armory, John Brown's Fort, old streets and overlooks to see how geography, industry and memory keep colliding here.
Stories in Harpers Ferry
- John Brown's Fort: The Raid That Changed America
- Armory Grounds: The Arsenal Town
- The Point: Where Two Rivers Meet
- Jefferson Rock: Landscape and Myth
- St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
- Harper Cemetery: The Town Before the Legend
- Lockwood House: Education After Slavery
- Storer College: A School Born from Reconstruction
- Anthony Hall: Memory and Higher Education
- White Hall Tavern: Everyday Harpers Ferry
- Virginius Island: Industry and Workers
- Railroads and the Civil War Landscape
- Potomac River: The Geographic Reason
- Shenandoah River: Power and Movement
- Lower Town: A Historic Industrial Settlement
- Appalachian Trail: A Modern Layer
- Bolivar Heights: The Battlefield Above
- Schoolhouse Ridge: A Civil War Landscape
- Murphy-Chambers Farm: The 1862 Battle
- John Brown Raid Interpretation: Separating Legend and History