09 November 2006

harper's ferry

harper's ferry has got to be one of the most spectacular places in the east---located at the confluence of the Shenandoah and the Potomac rivers where they break through the blue ridge mountains---a ferry and subsequently a town were established there in 1761, but it's most famous as the site of john brown's raid, when he barricaded himself in the old federal arsenal firehouse











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