Exit78 Photo of the Day #38
During our 2009 eastern states trip, we camped near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
White Hall Tavern and Meriwether Lewis at Harper’s Ferry exhibit, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, West Virginia, May 15, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park includes the historic town of Harpers Ferry, notable as a center of 19th-century industry and as the scene of John Brown’s abolitionist uprising. Consisting of almost 4,000 acres (16 km2), it includes the site of which Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature” after visiting the area in 1783. During the course of the American Civil War (1861–1865), Harpers Ferry exchanged hands at least eight times.
(Note: I actually revised Wikipedia from “Consisting of almost 4,000 acres (16 km2), the landmarks the site on which Thomas Jefferson once said…” to the sentence used in the excerpt. This was the my second Wikipedia edit in two days.)
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
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Hi Mike – it could be in England … which would make sense considering when the buildings were built. But looks to a really picturesque area – cheers Hilary
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It is and perhaps we’ll go back some time. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia was originally in Virginia. After Virginia seceded from the union, West Virginia seceded from Virginia during the American Civil War to stay in the Union. Just across the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are Maryland and Virginia. When this picture was taken, we were camped near Harpers Ferry and visiting Karen’s brother and closest sister in Maryland. The sister has since moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, which also, in the Colonial Williamsburg historic district, is very old world picturesque, being the colonial capital of Virginia.
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