WV -- Harpers Ferry NHP -- Jefferson Rock:
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- HARPJR_040620_04.JPG: Jefferson Rock
"On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac (Potomac), in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.... This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic."
This is how Thomas Jefferson described the view from here during a visit to Harpers Ferry in 1783. Around 1860, the U.S. armory superintendent ordered red sandstone supports placed under "Jefferson's Rock" because it was "endangering the lives and properties of the villagers below."
- HARPJR_040620_13.JPG: Margot Lebow and I @ Jefferson Rock
- HARPJR_040620_16.JPG: The Sissons
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- Wikipedia Description: Jefferson Rock
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jefferson Rock is a rock formation on the Appalachian Trail above lower Harpers Ferry in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. It consists of several large masses of shale rock, piled one upon the other, that overlook the Shenandoah River just prior to its confluence with the Potomac River. The name of this landmark derives from Thomas Jefferson, who stood there on October 25, 1783. He found the view from the rock impressive and wrote in Notes on the State of Virginia that "this scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic".
The uppermost slab of Jefferson Rock originally rested on a natural stone foundation so narrow that one was able to sway the rock back and forth with a gentle push. Because this natural foundation had "dwindled to very unsafe dimensions by the action of the weather, and still more, by the devastations of tourists and curiosity-hunters," four stone pillars were placed under each corner of the uppermost slab sometime between 1855 and 1860.
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