• Sunrise at Harpers Ferry

    Harpers Ferry

    National Historical Park WV,VA,MD

Inventory Acquired at Harpers Ferry

Supplies obtained at Harpers Ferry.

Marsha Wassel, National Park Service.

The Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry exhibit displays supplies obtained at the Harpers Ferry Armory.

List of Inventory Acquired by Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry:

15 Rifles
24 Pipe tomahawks
36 Pipe tomahawks for "Indian Presents"
24 Large knives
15 Powderhorns and pouches
15 Pairs of bullet molds
15 Wipers or gun worms
15 Ball screws
15 Gun slings
Extra parts of locks and tools for repairing arms
40 Fish giggs
Collapsible iron boat frame
1 Small grindstone

Did You Know?

Intake arches channeled water to power industry on Virginius Island.

Virginius Island was a thriving 19th-century industrial town along the Shenandoah River. By 1859, there were about three dozen buildings there.