We decided to hike to Jefferson Rock for a high vantage point of the town, but there were so many trees, we couldn’t really see much. We did pass St. Peter’s Catholic Church on the way (seen from a distance in previous shots), built in 1833 and the only church in Harpers Ferry to escape destruction during the Civil War. It was extensively altered in 1896 to its current style.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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Due to its strategic location at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, hosted the first ferry and then the first railroad bridge across the Potomac and served as the only rail link between the Northern and Southern states during the Civil War. It was also the site of the famous raid by abolitionist John Brown on the town’s arsenal in 1859 in the hope of starting a slave revolt across the South, which was put down by then-Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee. Brown was subsequently tried and hanged for treason.

Historic buildings on Shenandoah Street, posted earlier: