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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM306_historic-heights_Bolivar-WV.html
Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry thrived as an industrial community during the first half of the 19th century. By 1860, nearly 3,000 residents lived in the Harpers Fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY_john-brown-fort_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Here is a building with a curious past. Since its construction in 1848, it has been vandalized, dismantled, and moved four times - all because of its fame as John Brown's stronghold.
The Fort's "Movements"
1848 Built as fire-engine house fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BU_jefferson-county-state-of-maryland_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
(East Facing Side): Jefferson CountyFormed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Drake, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington's men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the Na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BR_union-skirmish-line_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Union troops on the crest and slope of Bolivar Heights to the East were attacked by Confederates lead by Gen. Jackson from School House Ridge to the West on 14 Sept. 1862. Private Paylor, Co. D., 111th NY, recalled this as "an awful fight." This a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BQ_bolivar-methodist-church_Bolivar-WV.html
This church built in early 1840s was occupied by both Union and Confederate troops for military purposes during Civil War.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BP_stonewall-jacksons-headquarters_Bolivar-WV.html
This residencewas used as headquartersby Confederate GeneralT.J. "Stonewall" Jacksonwhile stationed in the areaduring the Civil War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BN_harpers-ferry-john-browns-fort_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
(West Facing Side): Harpers FerryNamed for Robert Harper, who settled here in 1747 and operated ferry. Site purchased for Federal arsenal and armory in 1796. John Hall first used interchangeable gun parts here. Travel route thru Blue Ridge gap, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BK_the-niagara-movement_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Here, on August 15-19, 1906, on the Storer College campus, the Niagara Movement held their first open and public meeting on American soil. Organized by W.E.B. Du Bois and others a year earlier in Erie Beach, Ontario, Canada, the Niagara Movement b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BJ_the-harpers-ferry-bandstand_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
The Harpers Ferry Town Bandstand or Gazebo was originally one of the structures on Island Park. This amusement park was created and operated by the B&O Railroad from 1879 to 1909 on Byrne Island in the Potomac River just below the Hilltop House. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BI_prize-of-war_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Harpers Ferry was much sought by North and South, 1861-1865. Its garrison of 12,000 Union troops was captured by an army of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, Sept. 15, 1862, on way to join Lee at Antietam. The Catholic Church was used as Federal hospital.