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Harpers Ferry en · PROPN

Etymology

From Harper's ferry, after a ferry operated by Robert Harper.

Meanings

  1. A small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia; best known as the site of a raid by John Brown in 1859, a major event in the origins of the American Civil War. ▸ John Brown's raid on said place.
  2. A small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia; best known as the site of a raid by John Brown in 1859, a major event in the origins of the American Civil War. ▸ The Battle of Harpers Ferry, in the American Civil War.
  3. A minor city in Taylor Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.

wikipedia: Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia#Robert_Harper · wikipedia: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry · wikipedia: +, West Virginia