He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry. Here he assembled ... was taken to Charlestown, Virginia (now Charles Town, West Virginia), along with the other captives.

The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is hosting an early December weekend of historical Christmas ...

Photo by Brown W Cannon III Welcome to Two Days Away, our series featuring weekend-long itineraries within a five-hour drive ...

Explore the stunning national parks of West Virginia. Immerse yourself in nature, hike scenic trails, and discover historical ...

HARPERS FERRY ... Yet this easternmost town in West Virginia didn’t gain national fame until the Civil War. It was here, in 1859, that abolitionist John Brown and his small group of men ...

Students watch an excerpt from the episode John Brown Pike, in which they learn about abolitionist John Brown and his 1859 attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They then ...

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 ...

On the night of Sunday, October 16, 1859, hoping to bring about the eventual end of slavery, radical abolitionist John Brown launched an armed attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia ... activism on the ...

As Civil War sites continue to mark 150 years since America’s most important conflict, Harpers Ferry, Antietam ... one foot in the river in Maryland and one foot straddling the Virginia-West Virginia ...