A Walker's Guide to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Title | A Walker's Guide to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Gilbert |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) |
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Harpers Ferry
Title | Harpers Ferry PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
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A Walker's Guide to Harpers Ferry West Virginia
Title | A Walker's Guide to Harpers Ferry West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Gilbert |
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Pages | 192 |
Release | 2003 |
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A Walker's Guide to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Title | A Walker's Guide to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Gilbert |
Publisher | Appalachian Trail Conference |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780933126282 |
The Harpers Ferry Historical Association's set of walking tours of the historical park, with maps and photographs. Full of historical tidbits.
Harpers Ferry
Title | Harpers Ferry PDF eBook |
Author | Dolly Nasby |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738516080 |
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, sits in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of two rivers, the Potomac and Shenandoah. Without the influence of John Brown and his raiders, Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame, and Thomas Jefferson, Harpers Ferry might have remained a sleepy little village. Instead, it became a frequently contested location for troops during the Civil War and changed hands eight times. Many of the current shops and restaurants are housed in the restored original buildings, built in the 1800s. A visit to Harpers Ferry is like stepping back in time to the year 1859, because the town has been restored to that period. It has been designated a National Historical Park, with many buildings owned and maintained by the National Park Service.
2021 the A.T. Guide
Title | 2021 the A.T. Guide PDF eBook |
Author | David "Awol" Miller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2021 |
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ISBN | 9781736087701 |
Since 2010, The A.T. Guide, a.k.a. "The Awol Guide," has been the guidebook of choice for hikes of any length on the Appalachian Trail. The book contains thousands of landmarks such as campsites, water sources, summits and gaps. The trail's elevation profile is included and every landmark is aligned to the profile. Hikers using this guide know where they are on the trail, what views, streams and campsites are ahead, and whether they'll be hiking uphill or downhill to get there. The A.T. Guide answers all of your questions about how to get rides, where to stay, and where to get supplies. There are 94 maps of towns on or near the trail showing where to find these services and detailed listings for businesses.The A.T. Guide is the most innovative trail guidebook ever developed.
John Brown's Raid
Title | John Brown's Raid PDF eBook |
Author | Jon-Erik M. Gilot |
Publisher | Savas Beatie |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2023-03-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1611215986 |
The first shot of the American Civil War was not fired on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina, but instead came on October 16, 1859, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia—or so claimed former slave turned abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The shot came like a meteor in the dark. John Brown, the infamous fighter on the Kansas plains and detester of slavery, led a band of nineteen men on a desperate nighttime raid that targeted the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. There, they planned to begin a war to end slavery in the United States. But after 36 tumultuous hours, John Brown’s Raid failed, and Brown himself became a prisoner of the state of Virginia. Brown’s subsequent trial further divided north and south on the issue of slavery as Brown justified his violent actions to a national audience forced to choose sides. Ultimately, Southerners cheered Brown’s death at the gallows while Northerners observed it with reverence. The nation’s dividing line had been drawn. Herman Melville and Walt Whitman extolled Brown as a “meteor” of the war. Roughly one year after Brown and his men attacked slavery in Virginia, the nation split apart, fueled by Brown’s fiery actions. John Brown’s Raid tells the story of the first shots that led to disunion. Richly filled with maps and images, it includes a driving and walking tour of sites related to Brown’s Raid so visitors today can follow the path of America’s meteor.