On the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led 21 men down the road to Harpers Ferry in what is today West Virginia. The plan was to take the town's federal armory and, ultimately, ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — It was last summer that Bonnie Zampino first noticed something unusual about the wooded plot of land in the hills above this historical town. Zampino, a case manager for ...

Compass Auction is currently auctioning a Pre-Civil War Harpers Ferry Model 1816 .69 Smoothbore Musket as an item in the current Firearms, Ammo, & Accessories Auction. Like many other Model 1816s, it ...

HARPERS FERRY, W.VA. — Anyone traveling to Charles Town, West Virginia, or west on U.S. 340 past Harpers Ferry would notice the large flea market at the Millville Road intersection. In a few weeks, it ...

Considering the nation’s increasing political divisiveness, I decided it was a good summer to expose my children to a time in history when our country was more divided than it is today. So our family ...

El Dorado Hills, Savas Beatie, 2023. Pp. xxvi, 166. Illus., maps, appends., biblio., index. $16.95 paper. ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry ...

HARPERS FERRY, West Virginia – “It’s never been worse than this.” “We’ve never been more divided as a country.” “I don’t think we’ll ever recover from this.” I thought of those fears being broadcast ...