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1. HARPEX_150802_022.JPG: Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill From this vantage point, early residents watched Harpers Ferry grow from a tiny village into a thriving industrial community. In 1775, town founder Robert Harper chose this hillside for his home. The home was completed in 1782. Unfortunately, he died that same year and never lived here. Harper had no children and left his property to his niece, Sarah Harper Wager. On September 6, 1832, Sarah's granddaughter, Sarah Ann, married Noah H. Swayne in this house. Referred to as "The Mansion," this home was owned by the Swayne family for 89 years. The Harper House is the oldest surviving structure in Harpers Ferry and has undergone many transformations from tavern, residence, rental property, abandoned ruin to restored exhibit. Noah H. Swayne: On January 21, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Noah H. Swayne as his first appointee to the Supreme Court of the United States. Swayne served on the Court for nineteen years. He worked to improve the status of African Americans, and fought to ratify the 15th Amendment which guaranteed voting rights for all citizens.
2. HARPEX_150802_024.JPG: 7. Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry Harper House Tavern The Harpers House was near the end of a 20-year run as the only tavern in Harpers Ferry when Lewis arrived. Thomas Jefferson may have been among the first guests to stay here in 1783. If Lewis rented a room in 1803, he was among the last travelers to seek shelter here.
3. HARPEX_150802_031.JPG: Springhouses and Root Cellars These small caves carved into the shale cliffside at one time served as springhouses and root cellars for the residents of this block. The cooler subsurface temperatures of a root cellar helped preserve herbs, vegetables, and fruits in the days before modern refrigeration.
4. HARPEX_150802_049.JPG: This plaque is dedicated to the John Brown Raiders, a group of men led by John Brown who, at Harpers Ferry on October 17, 1859, struck a blow against slavery. Killed at Harpers Ferry: Jeremiah Anderson Oliver Brown Watson Brown John Henri Kagi Sherrod Lewis Leary * William Leeman Dangerfield Newby * Stewart Taylor Adolphus Thompson William Thompson Executed: John Brown John E. Cook (escaped/captured) John A. Copeland, Jr. * Edwin Coppic Shields Green Albert Hazlett (escaped/captured) A.D. Stevens Escaped: Osborn Anderson * Owen Brown Barclay Coppic Francis J. Merriam Charles P. Tidd * Black by Jefferson County Branch, NAACP, August 19, 2001
5. HARPEX_150802_066.JPG: In Memory Of Pvt Luke Quinn Only Marine killed in John Brown's Raid - October 18, 1859 Pvt Luke Quinn came from Ireland in 1835, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1855 in Brooklyn, NY. He was sent to sea duty, then transferred to Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. He came to Harpers Ferry with Lieut. Colonel Robert E. Lee, then was killed in the storming of the Engine House. His funeral was in St. Peters Catholic Church by Father Michael Costello, and he was buried in St. Peters Catholic Cemetery.
6. HARPEX_150802_072.JPG: In Memory of Pvt. Luke Quinn by the organizations, veterans and citizens of Jefferson County, October 18, 2010
7. HARPEX_150802_089.JPG: 1826 Riley House: Built in 1826 as a private residence, this Federal style house was acquired by the War Department in 1837 and became U.S. Armory Dwelling No. 55. Jefferson Davis signed the deed in 1852 when the government sold the house to Armory worker James Mills. B&O Railroad engineer C.E. Riley and family owned and occupied the house from 1907 to 1975. Riley's granddaughter, descendant of local Confederate Partisan Ranger Jim Riley (Virginia Cavalry), is the current owner and resident.
8. HARPEX_150802_095.JPG: History Harpers Ferry
9. HARPEX_150802_098.JPG: In 1861 -- in possession of Confederate soldiers
10. HARPEX_150802_100.JPG: In 1859 -- its heyday
11. HARPEX_150802_106.JPG: In 1865 -- during the Civil War
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2015 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha! Trips this year: a quick trip to Florida. two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post. Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.
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