• Interior of the John Brown Fort

    Harpers Ferry

    National Historical Park WV,VA,MD

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  • Temporary Suspension of Reference Collection Research

    Due to preservation and maintenance work scheduled for the park archives and research room/library space, new public research requests will not be filled from June 1st to at least September 30th, 2013.

Volunteer of the Month

Adele Fischman - December 2011

Aaron Ladd, Seth Morphis, Tom Linder - September 2011
Julie Sawnor - August 2011
Harpers Ferry Middle School Shop Class - July 2011
Lori Epstein - June 2011
Harpers Ferry Middle School Vodcast Team - May 2011
Colleen Keegan - April 2011
Graham Humphrey - February 2011
Jim Prentice and Howard Feldstein - January 2011
Phil Officer - December 2010
Greg Aylsworth - October 2010
Casimer Roseicki III - September 2010
Carissa Turley, D.J. Fredman, Seth Morphis - August 2010
Baltimore Light Artillery - July 2010
Charles "Mac" Camp - June 2010
Jim Schatz - May 2010
Meredith Matherly and Isaac Kerns - April 2010
Intern Volunteers - March 2010
The Victorian Dance Ensemble - December 2009
Sam Cathey - October 2009
Tom Williams & Will Hutchison - September 2009
Leslie Carter - August 2009
Anne Long - July 2009
Marjorie Randall - June 2009
Helen Liptak - May 2009
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella - March 2009
Jeremiah Alexander - February 2009 
Vanessa Smiley - January 2009

 

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.