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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHJ_a-union-predicament_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
"Do all you can to annoy the rebels should they advance on you...You will not abandon Harpers Ferry without defending it to the last extremity."Maj. Gen. John G. Wool, USATelegraph message to Col. Dixon S. Miles, USASeptember 7, 1862
The first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCH3_shenandoah-canal_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
In 1806, workmen with hand tools widened and deepened this channel for cargo boats to bypass, or "skirt," the rapids in the Shenandoah River. Linked with many other skirting canals" en route to Washington, D.C., this passage became part of the Pot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCH2_island-access_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Bridges spanning the canal, like the one to your left, provided access from the island to the mainland for residents and factory workers. During floods, they were paths to safety. To delay departure could spell disaster, as in 1870, when swiftly r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCH0_shenandoah-pulp-factory_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
In 1877-1888, on the former site of the Shenandoah Canal's lower locks, Thomas Savery erected this large mill to provide wood pulp for the paper industry.
Ten turbines, arranged in pairs in the mill's five massive sluiceways, powered wood grind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGY_island-mills_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Sounds of turning mill wheels and workers filling bags with freshly ground flour once filled the air here.
The foundation of Island Mills, one of the earliest (1824) industries on the island, lies before you. Each fall the railroad brought whea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGX_jonathan-child-house_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Jonathan and Emily Child owned the house that once stood on this foundation. Along with partner John McCreight, Child bought Virginius Island from Abraham Herr after the Civil War and moved here with his family in 1867. Three years later, on Septe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCGW_railroads_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Trains clanking along iron rails have echoed through Virginius Island since the Winchester & Potomac Railroad arrived here in 1836. It extended from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad junction at Harpers Ferry 32 miles southward to Winchester. The W&P …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCG4_house-ruins_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
An island entrepreneur or owner likely resided in this 2 1/2-story house which once stood on this foundation. Owners and workers both resided on the island. Other dwellings included four large 2-story structures, five 2-story brick tenements, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCG2_head-gates-and-inner-basin_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
These brick-lined archways, or "head gates," built around 1850, once controlled much of the island's waterpower. From here, a "wing dam" extended across the Shenandoah River, funneling water through the arches and into the inner basin. A gate at t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCFY_river-wall_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
The Harpers Ferry & Shenandoah Manufacturing Company built this stone wall about 1848 as part of the hydraulic system for its two cotton mils and other shops downstream. This extensive retaining wall formed part of the berm separating the inner ba…