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1803 PHOTO GALLERY Harpers Ferry at the Time of Meriwether Lewis Harpers Ferry in 1803 was a remote town situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in a gap through the Blue Ridge Mountains. George Washington had advocated establishing an arms manufactory here, arguing that its remote location would protect it from foreign invasion, and that the site afforded an abundance of waterpower. These pictures represent scenes at Harpers Ferry that would probably be familiar to Meriwether Lewis today. |
RELATED LINKS: Aerial Photograph of Harpers Ferry |
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