Engraving of Harpers Ferry by moonlight. Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1874 by D. Appleton and Coin the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington.
View of Potomac from Hilltop House and View of Hilltop House from Potomac
Date:
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Description:
'Amusements--Dancing in a large dance hall, overhanging the cliffs below. Tennis, bass fishing, horseback riding, hiking and motoring over good roads to nearby places of interest. Among these are Antitam battlefield, 15 miles; Charles Town, 8 miles, where John Brown was tried and hung; South Mountain 'the Geo. Alfred Townsend Arch', 10 miles; Frederick, the home of Francis Scott Key and Barbara Frietchie, 19 miles; Braddock Heights, 24 miles; Winchester, 30 miles; Endless Caverns, Luray Caverns and Gettysburg, from 50 to 70 miles. Railroad--On the main line of the B. and O. There are numerous through trains a day for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York; also for Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis. Fifty-six miles from Washington, our nearest large city. T. S. Lovett, Proprietor.'
!["Pub. by Louis Kaufmann [and] Sons, Baltimore, MD"](/thumb/006625.jpg "High Street and Public Walk at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.")
