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    Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The town's population was 269 at the 2020 United...
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    Springfield Armory. It was located in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, which since 1863 has been part of West Virginia. It was both an arsenal, manufacturing...
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    and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). As Lee's Army of Northern Virginia advanced down the Shenandoah Valley...
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    Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes the historic center of Harpers Ferry, notable as a key 19th-century industrial...
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    of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, which, because of the U.S. arsenal there, was an important location during the Civil War. USS Harpers Ferry is assigned...
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    Harpers Ferry station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is served by the Amtrak Floridian intercity service as well as MARC Brunswick...
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  • Iowa Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) Harpers Ferry Armory, second federal...
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    Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia occupies a prominent location on the heights above Harpers Ferry. The original church was built...
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    states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or tragic...
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    Harpers Ferry, West Virginia". loc.gov. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2018. "Harper's Ferry & Bolivar, West Virginia:...
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    County, between Clarke County, Virginia and Loudoun County, Virginia. It is the main route between Charles Town and Harpers Ferry, and it is known as the William...
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    The Harpers Ferry Historic District comprises about one hundred historic structures in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The historic district includes the...
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    John Brown's Fort (category Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    and fire engine house by the federal Harpers Ferry Armory, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). An 1848 military report described the...
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    Storer College (category Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    Storer College was a historically Black college in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, that operated from 1867 to 1955. A national icon for Black Americans,...
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    Hill Top House Hotel (category Buildings and structures in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    The Hill Top House Hotel is located in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It occupies a spectacular location, with panoramic views of the Potomac and Shenandoah...
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    Shenandoah River (category Rivers of West Virginia)
    County in West Virginia. Once in West Virginia, the river completes six large bends before joining the Potomac from the southwest near Harpers Ferry. The confluence...
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    The Harper's Ferry Model 1805 U.S. martial flintlock pistol manufactured at the Harpers Ferry Armory in Virginia (now West Virginia) was the first pistol...
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    Lockwood House is a historic building in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. One of the largest residences in Harpers Ferry, it is a massive stone and brick structure...
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    Bolivar Heights Battlefield (category Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    West Virginia, partly in the town of Bolivar, is an American Civil War battlefield which, – because of its strategic position overlooking Harpers Ferry...
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    Jefferson Rock (category Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    formation on the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It consists of several large masses of Harpers shale, piled one upon the other, that...
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    Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection, all part of his raid on the United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. (Since...
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    B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing (category Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
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    island of some 12 acres (4.9 ha), on the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The island was created by the Shenandoah Canal, constructed...
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  • This List of West Virginia cryptids includes cryptids in the state of West Virginia. Eanes, Brandon (April 4, 2023). "The wild and not-so-wonderful cryptids...
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  • Niagara Conference was held the following year at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. "African American Registry: The Niagara Movement founded". aaregistry...
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    (1772). West Virginia's historically most famous towns, Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, are at the eastern end of the eastern panhandle. Harpers Ferry is the...
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    McLean, Virginia Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois Puyallup High School, Puyallup, Washington Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (closed...
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  • Riley Moore (category People from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    Guillermina (née Garcia), and their two daughters and son live in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. "Riley Moore". March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024. Profile...
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    John Brown (abolitionist) (category John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry)
    tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859. An evangelical Christian of strong...
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    Patrick Morrisey (category People from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
    attorney who is the governor-elect of West Virginia. He has served as the 34th Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013. A member of the Republican...
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