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'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River in Va., a few miles from where it originally stood at Harpers Ferry.  It was placed here at the suggestion of Kate Field of Washington, after it had been exhibited at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.'  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 7514 for more information.
Close up view of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
'The home of Colonel Lewis Washington, great-great nephew of General George Washington.  During John Brown's raid in 1859, Colonel Washington was taken from Beall Air as a Hostage.'
A woman reads the historic markers next to a monument to John Brown's Fort in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 'Muriel V. Self."
John Brown's fort, the Engine House of the U. S. Arsenal in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Drawing of the hanging of John Brown at Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, approximately 12 miles from the site of his raid at Harpers Ferry.
The U.S. Army Buildings which John Brown took possession of. Harpers Ferry, W. VA. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Meeting of the States of MD., W. VA., and VA.  Arsenal captured, October 16, 1859.