The small town of Harpers Ferry is a beautiful destination located within the lower Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia. If you’re a US history buff, you’ll love the historic buildings and ...

Situated at the intersection of the mighty Shenandoah and Potomac rivers ... crossed over the river to come into Harpers Ferry. You can see the ruins of the original bridge, where the railroads ...

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical ... Its position at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers not only set the stage for such ...

Before daybreak one summer morning, I leave Washington, D.C., and head northwest, more or less parallel to the Potomac River, until it meets the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry. I park my car and ...

Library of Congress Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lay sleeping on the night of October 16, 1859, as 19 heavily armed men stole down mist-shrouded bluffs along the Potomac River where it joins the ...