So most of us have heard of Harper's Ferry, but I, for one, didn't really know what happened there. Here is what we found. Harper's Ferry a town located at the convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. There is a town there that represents what things would have looked like in the early 1900s. The C & O Canal runs next to the river. It was here that John Brown, an abolitionist, took over the armory with the plan to give the guns to the slaves to help them fight for their freedom. The Appalachian Train runs through this area. Lewis and Clark spent some time here gathering supplies, guns, and having special boats constructed before heading out on their famous exploration trip into the western U.S. Lots to see and do, very easy to spend an entire day there.
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| Machines used for making rifles. |
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| walking across this bridge, you were traveling on the Appalachian trail |
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| Part of the C & O Canal, used to bring supplies from inland to Washington DC |
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