Today, the town of Harpers Ferry is the heart of Harpers Ferry National ... Today, travelers can visit old Storer College ...

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 ...

"It was also a cosmopolitan town, with a lot of Irish ... brandishing weapons from shotguns to old muskets—would fill the narrow lanes of Harpers Ferry, surrounding Brown's tiny band.

His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded by mountains ... but the blade struck the old man’s belt buckle. Brown was then beaten unconscious. " ...

His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded by mountains ... but the blade struck the old man’s belt buckle. Brown was then beaten unconscious. " ...