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View of Harper's Ferry showing the old engine house called John Brown's Fort

1. John Brown's Fort

2. Wall Tablet Commemorating John Brown, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

3. John Brown's Fort, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

John Brown's Fort in the background.

4. Students, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

5. Group at John Brown's Fort, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

This is the site of the U.S. Arsenal captured by John Brown October 16th 1859.

6. Sign Designating the Site of U.S. Arsenal by Captured by John Brown, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

7. John Brown's Fort, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

8. Car Parked Near the Side of John Brown's Fort at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Pictured during the great snow of March 7, 8, 9, 1941.

9. Snow Covered John Brown's Fort at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

10. John Brown's Fort, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

11. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

12. John Brown's Fort on Campus of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

13. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

14. John Brown's Stronghold at Harpers Ferry, October 17-18, 1859

15. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

16. Marker Pointing towards John Brown's Fort on the Campus of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

17. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

18. Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

19. Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'In 1859 John Brown, Kansas Abolitionist, and a part of followers seized this little engine house which was at the time serving as a government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  The fort was dismanteled in 1892 and shipped to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Ill.  It was laterreturned to Harpers Ferry, where it is now being used as a museum on the compus of Storer College. This picture is an opposite side view of John Brown's Fort.' 'From the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission, State Capitol, Charleston 5, W. Va.'

20. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'In 1859 John Brown, Kansas Abolitionist, and a part of followers seized this little engine house which was at the time serving as a government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.  The fort was dismantled in 1892 and shipped to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Ill.  It was later returned to Harpers Ferry, where it is now being used as a museum on the campus of Storer College. This picture is an opposite side view of John Brown's Fort.'  After this description was written and Storer College closed, the fort was moved back to the lower town near its original site.

21. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

John Brown's Fort was used to store fertilizer in 1909.

22. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Fort building stands in a field where two children are playing in the foreground. Inscription with the image, 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River, in [West] Virginia, a few miles from where it originally stood at Harper's Ferry.  It was placed here at the request of Kate Field, of Washington after it was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago.'

23. John Brown's Fort on Murphy's Farm, Bolivar Heights, W. Va.

'A postcard view of the Fire Engine House used as fort by John Brown, Harpers Ferry; No objection to reproducing or publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps' appears on the photograph or page. Permission must be obtained from the War Department if it is desired for use in commerical advertising.'

24. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River in Va., a few miles from where it originally stood at Harpers Ferry.  It was placed here at the suggestion of Kate Field of Washington, after it had been exhibited at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.'  See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 7514 for more information.

25. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Close up view of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

26. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

'The home of Colonel Lewis Washington, great-great nephew of General George Washington.  During John Brown's raid in 1859, Colonel Washington was taken from Beall Air as a Hostage.'

27. Beall Air, near Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

A woman reads the historic markers next to a monument to John Brown's Fort in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 'Muriel V. Self."

28. Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

29. Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

John Brown's fort, the Engine House of the U. S. Arsenal in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

30. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Drawing of the hanging of John Brown at Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, approximately 12 miles from the site of his raid at Harpers Ferry.

31. Hanging of John Brown at Charles Town, W. Va.

32. Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

33. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

The U.S. Army Buildings which John Brown took possession of. Harpers Ferry, W. VA. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Meeting of the States of MD., W. VA., and VA.  Arsenal captured, October 16, 1859.

34. Drawing of Harpers Ferry Arsenal , Captured By John Brown