John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward: he and his men would establish a base in the Blue Ridge Mountains from which they would assist runaway slaves and launch attacks on slaveholders.

Learn more about the best things to do in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia including must see historical sites and local outdoor ...

John Brown and many of his followers holed up in the fire engine house awaiting reinforcements by a swarm of "bees"—slaves from the surrounding area. But only a handful showed up. Library of ...

As Civil War sites continue to mark 150 years since America’s most important conflict, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg tell old stories in a new light. Before daybreak one summer morning, I ...

A Queen Anne Revival in Harpers Ferry, a condo in an 1840 house in Charleston, and a shingled house in New Bedford.

John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward: he and his men would establish a base in the Blue Ridge Mountains from which they would assist runaway slaves and launch attacks on slaveholders.

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical events. It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s ...