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lat:39.32558 
Named 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, and river, canal and railroad connections aided growth. John Brown's raid and Civil War brought national attention. Post-war site of Storer College for blacks, and National Park, created in 1944.
lat:39.32127 
Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Denke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington's men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National Capitol.
lat:39.32558 
U.S. Armory fire engine and guard-house, located near the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, was used by John Brown and his men during his 1859 raid to free enslaved blacks. Exhibited in Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair, Brown's Fort returned and in 1909 was erected on the campus of Storer College, WV's first African American college (1867-1955). Moved to present site in 1968. WV CELEBRATION 2000 WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, 2004
lat:39.32558 
U.S. Armory fire engine and guard-house, located near the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, was used by John Brown and his men during his 1859 raid to free enslaved blacks. Exhibited in Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair, Brown's Fort returned and in 1909 was erected on the campus of Storer College, WV's first African American college (1867-1955). Moved to present site in 1968. WV CELEBRATION 2000 WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, 2004
lat:39.32350 
Meriwether Lewis arrived March 16, 1803. Oversaw building of collapsible iron framed, skin-clad boat and acquired supplies, tomahawks, and rifles. Left for Pennsylvania on April 18; returned July 7 to gather materials and left next day for Pittsburgh. Followed Ohio to Falls; met William Clark for trip to explore and study land, waterways, animal life, natural features and resources of West. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, 2002
lat:39.32557 
Harpers Ferry was much sought by North and South, 1861-1865. Its garrison of 12,000 Union troops was captured by army of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, Sept. 15, 1862, on way to join Lee at Antietam. The Catholic Church was used as Federal hospital.
lat:39.32127 
Named for Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, who gave a royal charter to Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, in 1632. First settlement at St. Mary's City in 1634. It was one of the 13 original colonies.
lat:39.32462 
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 Move-ment became the cornerstone of the modern civil rights movement and was the forerunner to the NAACP. STAR LODGE NO. 1 F&AM AND JEFFERSON CO. BLACK HISTORY PRES. SOC. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, 2006 |
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