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By Richard E. Miller, August 16, 2008
John Brown Monument Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — John Brown Monument —  |
| Commemorated here is the original location of the "John Brown Fort"--the Federal Armory's fire engine house where abolitionist John Brown and his raiders were captured by the U.S. Marines on October 18, 1859. If you look to the south, you will see . . . — — Map (db m10900) HM | |||
| 2 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Heyward Shepherd — |
| On the night of October 16, 1859, Heyward Shepherd, an industrious and respected Colored freeman, was mortally wounded by John Brown's raiders in pursuance of his duties as an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. He became the first . . . — — Map (db m126128) HM | |||