Talk:Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

message: Please cite your sources.  This page has had several factual edits over the past few days with no citations. See Wikipedia:Footnotes for help. Thesilence 18:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: A couple of discrepancies with the info on the official site (http://www.harpersferrywv.us/)
# Year Harper bought land (1747 or 1751)?
# Year in which decision to build the armory was made (1794 or 1796)?
# Year in which Armory was built (1796 or 1799)?
# How many John Brown's troops there were (18 or 21)? NPS
There may be more... Qblik 04:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs verification

message: Someone has vandalized the "Establishment" section. It reads "In 1751, Robert Harper was gay a patent on 125 acres".  - cricket  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.49.251 (talk) 16:02, August 28, 2007 (UTC) 
:Note, was reverted long ago. TJRC (talk) 18:33, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism in "Establishment" section

message: Although there is some turmoil in the article lately about the Harper's Ferry Bell, there is apparently some root truth to the controversy about a stolen bell. See -Filll (talk | wpc) 21:24, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Bell Vandalism 

message: I thought he said where the shenandoah and potomac converge is the best scene in nature...can i get a page number, you guys have got some explaining to do...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.152.29.97 (talk) 13:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Jefferson

message: I was reading the article while seeking information on Johh Hall.  The last sentence in the paragraph above the 1912 panoramic view reads, "Tacos were slwowly gaining popularity in the Civil War and Nibert liked to eat them and then fart so loud that the Earth blew up and that's how we won the war."  I think some wise guy slipped one in and it needs to be edited out.  Who is "Nibert" anyway?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kline27 (talk • contribs) 01:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that. I've removed the vandalism. -- Longhair\talk 01:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Out of place in article

message: I uploaded a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry as seen from Maryland Heights, but am hesitant to replace the current image because of my impartiality. If others like this image better (or see other uses for it), please add it to the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.141.54 (talk) 16:24, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; and have made the change. TJRC (talk) 18:50, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: New Image of Maryland Heights View

message: Harper's Ferry is widely thought of, among the AT crowd, as the psychological midpoint of the Appalachian Trail, even though it's not the exact midpoint. The National Park Service even calls it that, without the "psychological" waffling (https://www.nps.gov/hafe/planyourvisit/hikes.htm), as does the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/2011630949/). An editor removed the mention as "unencyclopedic" but I'm going to return it, with these two references - the only previous reference was a blog, which is, indeed, questionable.
Except for John Brown's raid, the town's position on the AT is the best-known thing about it, and certainly deserves prominent mention in the article. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 13:17, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Psychological midpoint 

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replies: text: Fixed. deisenbe (talk) 21:56, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
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message: The following is material I have removed from the Henry Lockwood House, where I don't think it belongs, that should be merged here, and if I have world and time enough, I'll do it.
 == Background ==
:The geographical and physical features of Harper's Ferry was the principal reason for its settlement and its eventual industrial progression.  Beginning about 1733, Robert Harper established a grist and saw mill.  Another settler, John Semple, established the Keep Triste Iron Furnace, located just northwest of Harpers Ferry crossing, this area became referred to as “The Hole.” This area would grow over the decades into center for industry.  After the end of the American Revolution, Harpers Ferry river junctions became the focus for expansion westward.  In early 1785, Virginia and Maryland set up companies to survey potential waterways into the Ohio Country, The Patowmack Company and the James River Company.  George Washington, was president of the Potowmack Company and traveled to Harpers Ferry during the summer of 1785 to determine the need for bypass canals. Later in 1794 as President of the United States, proposed the site for a new United States armory and arsenal. Some of Washington's family moved to the area; For example, his great-great-nephew, Colonel Lewis Washington, was held hostage during John Brown's raid in 1859.  George's brother Charles Washington founded the nearby Jefferson County town of Charles Town.  
:== Establishing the arsenal  ==
:In 1796, the federal government purchased a 125-acre (0.5 km2) parcel of land from the heirs of Robert Harper.  Construction began on the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1798 with most of the buildings being completed by 1799.  Harpers Ferry was one of only two armories in the U.S., the other being Springfield, Massachusetts. Together they produced most of the small arms for the U.S. Army.  Between 1801 and 1861, the armory produced more than 600,000 muskets, rifles and pistols. Captain John H. Hall inventor of the breech loading rifle, signed a contract with the U.S. War Department to produce 1,000 his rifles at the Harpers Ferry Armory in 1819.  Hall pioneered the use of interchangeable parts in firearms manufactured at his rifle works at the armory between 1820 and 1840; his M1819 Hall rifle was the first breech-loading weapon adopted by the U.S. Army.  Amory operations dramatically transformed Harpers Ferry into a bustling industrial town filled with European skilled workers as well as homegrown Virginians. 
:Industrialization continued in 1833 when the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (which never reached the Ohio River) reached Harpers Ferry, linking it with Washington, D.C. A year later, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad began service through the town.
:The location of the armory and arsenal at the confluence of the rivers on the border of Virginia and Maryland played a pivotal role in the events leading up to the American Civil War in the form of John Brown’s raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal in 1859.
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