An Early Look at the American Dream - Historic Harpers Ferry.

From: The World and I | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Although best known today as the site of abolitionaist John Brown's raid in 1859, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was once a booming transit, commercial, and industrial center where anything seemed possible.

When Robert Harper arrived at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers in 1747 from Philadelphia, he was wandering through Virginia territory still considered wilderness and only beginning to witness the settlement of European immigrants. Sensing a place of opportunity, Harper purchased an existing cabin from a squatter named Peter Stephens who had started a ...

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