The small town of Harpers Ferry is a beautiful destination located within the lower Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia. If you’re a US history buff, you’ll love the historic buildings and ...

PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans. His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded by mountains, tucked at the bottom of a ravine created ...

But only a handful showed up. Library of Congress Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lay sleeping on the night of October 16, 1859, as 19 heavily armed men stole down mist-shrouded bluffs along the Potomac ...