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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Contact Us 19-September-2005
Frequently Asked Questions 19-September-2005
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 19-September-2005
Niagara Commemoration 22-September-2005
Virtual Tour 27-June-2008
Virtual Tour 1 26-June-2008
For Kids
Be A Junior Ranger 25-July-2006
For Kids 04-October-2005
Junior Ranger Booklet 26-April-2008
For Teachers
11-University 02-April-2008
2008 Scavenger Hunt 06-February-2008
2009 Teacher Institute Application 08-February-2009
BTW Reservation 02-April-2008
BTW Reservation Form 23-January-2008
Curriculum Materials 22-September-2005
Education Programs 11-May-2006
Education Reservation 02-April-2008
Education Reservation Form 23-January-2008
Education Reservation Sheet 18-November-2008
Education Update Fall 2008 02-February-2009
Education Update Spring 2009 02-February-2009
Fee Waiver Checklist & Directions 02-April-2008
Fee Waiver Checklist2 18-November-2008
For Teachers 21-September-2005
HAFE 2008 Teacher Institute Application 26-February-2008
HAFE 2008 Teacher Institute Flyer 26-February-2008
History Search 3 - 5 26-July-2006
History Search 6 - 12 26-July-2006
John Brown Lesson Plan Contest 30-January-2009
K-10 28-March-2008
K-2 History Search 14-August-2007
Lower Town Map & Guide 26-July-2006
Maryland Heights Map & Guide 26-July-2006
Park Guide Education 18-January-2008
Plan A Field Trip 21-September-2005
Professional Development 22-September-2005
Ranger Guided 21-September-2005
Self Guided 21-September-2005
Summer Education Reservation Sheet 18-November-2008
Summer Youth & Educator Reservation 28-March-2008
Summer Youth & Educator Reservation Form 02-April-2008
Summer Youth and Educators 02-April-2008
Teachers Institute 26-February-2008
Tour Company Reservation Form 02-April-2008
Tour Company Reservation Sheet 18-November-2008
Traveling Trunks 21-September-2005
Virginius Island Map & Guide 26-July-2006
War for Freedom 29-November-2007
War for Freedom Introductory Text 29-November-2007
War for Freedom Learning Activities 30-November-2007
War for Freedom Overview Slideshow 30-November-2007
War for Freedom Resources 29-November-2007
War for Freedom Teacher Pages 30-November-2007
While At The Park 21-September-2005
History & Culture
1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry 26-September-2006
Brown's Wives and Children 02-October-2007
Collections 23-September-2005
Confederate Advance on Harpers Ferry 26-September-2006
Confederate Positions Around Harpers Ferry 26-September-2006
Don Redman 12-September-2006
Don Redman: The Little Giant of Jazz 12-October-2006
Dr Stephen B Oates on John Brown 28-September-2007
Footnotes 06-March-2007
Frederick Douglass 12-September-2006
Frederick Douglass at Harpers Ferry 12-October-2006
Frederick Roeder 22-October-2008
George Washington 12-September-2006
Harpers Ferry Armory and Arsenal 27-September-2006
History & Culture 22-September-2005
Inventory Acquired at Harpers Ferry 04-January-2007
James H Burton 12-September-2006
John Brown 12-September-2006
John Brown Fort 27-September-2006
John Brown Raid 05-October-2005
John Brown Raid - Oates 05-October-2005
John Brown's Raid 02-October-2007
John H Hall 12-September-2006
Lewis Historic Route Maps 06-March-2007
Lower Town 27-September-2006
Map and Guide to the Lower Town 27-September-2006
Maps of Route 06-March-2007
Memorable Floods at Harpers Ferry 04-October-2006
Meriwether Lewis 12-September-2006
Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry 04-January-2007
music 05-October-2005
Oates on Brown Text Transcript 28-September-2007
Park Library and Research Room 18-June-2007
People 23-September-2005
Robert Harper 12-September-2006
Route From Harpers Ferry Va to Pittsburg Pa 06-March-2007
Route From Harpers Ferry Va to Pittsburgh Pa 06-March-2007
Route of Meriwether Lewis from Harpers Ferry, VA to Pittsburgh, PA 04-January-2007
Storer College 09-April-2007
Storer College Site Bulletin 10-June-2008
Stories 23-September-2005
The Mauzy Letters 13-September-2006
The Niagara Movement 12-March-2007
The Point 04-October-2006
The Raiders 27-March-2009
The Raiders09 03-April-2009
Thomas J Jackson 12-September-2006
Thomas Jefferson 12-September-2006
Thomas Jefferson at Harpers Ferry 04-October-2006
W E B Du Bois 12-September-2006
Waterpower at Harpers Ferry 09-April-2007
Nature & Science
Amphibians 13-July-2006
Animals 04-October-2005
Birds 13-July-2006
Environmental Factors 14-July-2006
Ferns 14-July-2006
Fish 13-July-2006
Flood Plains 19-July-2006
Forests 19-July-2006
Geologic Activity 14-July-2006
Geologic Formations 19-July-2006
Grasses 14-July-2006
Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes 13-July-2006
Mammals 13-July-2006
Mountains 19-July-2006
Natural Features & Ecosystems 19-July-2006
Nature & Science 04-October-2005
Nonnative Species 14-July-2006
Peregrine Falcon Facts 25-September-2006
Peregrine Falcon Restoration Program 12-September-2006
Plants 14-July-2006
Reptiles 13-July-2006
Restoring Peregrine Falcons to the Park 25-September-2006
Rivers and Streams 19-July-2006
Scenic Vistas 14-July-2006
Soils 19-July-2006
Trees and Shrubs 14-July-2006
Weather 14-July-2006
Wetlands, Marshes and Swamps 19-July-2006
Wildflowers 14-July-2006
Park Management
2007 Budget and Annual Performance Plan 09-October-2007
2008 Budget and Annual Performance Plan 29-July-2008
2008 Superintendent's Compendium 03-June-2008
Articles 08-March-2007
Attorney: Project near park not dead 04-April-2007
Board weighs in on quarry 14-June-2007
Centennial Initiative 2016 23-August-2007
City council rejects annexation 03-April-2007
Close Defeat 02-May-2007
commission delays annexation action 22-March-2007
Commissioners doubt property zone will change 29-June-2007
Commissioners express concern 23-May-2007
Commissioners say 04-May-2007
Commissioners tour former quarry site 29-June-2007
Concerns aired 08-June-2007
Council opposes rezoning 16-May-2007
County to hear controversial project pitch 13-April-2007
County Votes Down 27-July-2007
Delegate wants quarry approval 15-June-2007
Developers present 02-May-2007
Development is desecration 29-March-2007
Development Threatens Park Experience 06-March-2007
Freedom Of Information Act 18-July-2006
HAFE Centennial Strategy 23-August-2007
HAFE presentation 2 29-March-2007
HAFE presentation 3 04-April-2007
Harpers Ferry Endangered The Journal 14-March-2007
Harpers Ferry office park plan draws concerns 19-July-2007
Harpers Ferry on list Herald Mail 14-March-2007
Harpers Ferry Presentation 1 23-March-2007
Jefferson Co. office project issue gets cloudier 29-June-2007
Jefferson planners reject project zoning change 14-June-2007
Land-use request rejected 23-July-2007
Leaders Tour Quarry Site 6.28.07 29-June-2007
Letter to Jefferson County Planning Commission 07-June-2007
Management 23-September-2005
Official Warns of Desecration 10-April-2007
Old battleground host to new fight 03-July-2007
Old quarry up for rezoning 02-May-2007
Old Standard annexation rejected 03-April-2007
Old Standard Hearing Draws Overflow Crowd 07-June-2007
Old Standard LLC Petitions 02-May-2007
Old Standard Vote Expected Today 23-July-2007
Park Land and Proposed Development Project 08-March-2007
Park Planning 19-July-2006
Presentation to Planning Commission 08-June-2007
Protecting Historic Harpers Ferry Landscapes 30-May-2007
Protecting Historic Harpers Ferry Landscapes: Historians Speak 31-May-2007
Quarry decision delayed 29-June-2007
Quarry project decision delayed 17-July-2007
Quarry project opposition up 12-July-2007
Quarry project voted down 23-July-2007
Quarry project voted down2 23-July-2007
Quarry rezoning draws concern 08-June-2007
Quarry support increasing 23-July-2007
Snakes 19-November-2007
Study: Housing Threatens 14-March-2007
Superintendent's Compendium Annual Review 15-April-2008
Superintendent's Compendium0809 15-April-2008
The Journal March 6 08-March-2007
The Morning Herald March 6 08-March-2007
The Shepherdstown Observer 01-June-2007
W.Va. delegate says office complex would help county 15-June-2007
W.Va. office project debate heats up again 17-July-2007
Warns of 'Desecration' 10-April-2007
Waterline EA 30-January-2007
Waterline EA appendices 30-January-2007
Your Dollars At Work 19-July-2006
Zoning for complex discussed 02-May-2007
Park News
08 National Trails Day 22-May-2008
2008 EA Gypsy Moth 13-March-2008
2008 gypsy moth program 13-March-2008
2008 YCC 07-April-2008
2008 YCC application 07-April-2008
2009 EA Gypsy Moth 10-March-2009
A Prelude to History: The Marriage of Virginia Kennedy 06-April-2009
A Soldier's City 07 08-August-2007
After John Brown: Reacting to the Raid 04-October-2007
Aid and Comfort 08 26-June-2008
America's Picnic 08 26-June-2008
America's Picnic: Celebrating the Glorious Fourth 28-June-2007
April 2007 26-March-2007
April 2008 31-March-2008
April 2009 23-March-2009
April Community Bulletin 11-July-2006
Archived Community Bulletins 11-January-2007
Archived News Releases 04-January-2008
Art of the Forge Workshop08 22-May-2008
August 2008 11-August-2008
August 2008 Special Edition YCC 29-July-2008
August Community Bulletin 29-August-2006
August Community Bulletin07 30-July-2007
Battlefield Cleanup 08 03-March-2008
Black History Month 08 23-January-2008
Black History Month 09 26-January-2009
Black History Month Celebration 26-January-2007
Boundary Project 27-October-2006
Cavalry Factor sept08 05-September-2008
CB December 08 19-November-2008
Community Bulletin July 08 26-June-2008
Community Bulletin July 2007 29-June-2007
Contact Public Affairs 11-July-2006
December CB 2008 24-November-2008
December Community Bulletin 21-November-2006
December07 19-November-2007
Defend and Protect 07 18-May-2007
Defend and Protect 08 16-May-2008
Don Redman Concert 08 11-June-2008
EA 2009 Gypsy Moth Program 10-March-2009
EA Gypsy Moth 08 13-March-2008
Education Program 27-October-2006
Election Day 1860 08 01-October-2008
Eyes of the Army 28-August-2007
Eyes of the Army08 24-April-2008
Facility Manager Receives Citation for Superior Service 04-October-2007
Fall Color Update 19-October-2007
February 08 25-January-2008
February 09 26-January-2009
February CB 26-January-2007
February Community Bulletin 11-July-2006
Free Military Band Concert 25-August-2008
General Management Plan Posted to Federal Register 07-May-2009
Giving Aid and Comfort 10-July-2007
GMP 08 22-September-2008
Gypsy Moth Special Edition 05-February-2008
Gypsy Moth Special Edition 09 19-February-2009
Harpers Ferry Ornament at White House 11-December-2007
Harpers Ferry Park Announces Recovery Act Projects 24-April-2009
Hike Harpers Ferry 25-September-2006
History 3-D 08 22-May-2008
Holiday Schedule 2007 10-December-2007
January 07 Community Bulletin 11-January-2007
January 2008 20-December-2007
January CB 09 18-December-2008
January Community Bulletin 11-January-2007
January Community Bulletin 06 11-July-2006
Jay Mauzy Receives Award 30-July-2007
Jefferson at Harpers Ferry08 11-July-2008
John Brown Beyond the Gallows 02-October-2006
July Community Bulletin 11-July-2006
June 2008 22-May-2008
June Community Bulletin 11-July-2006
June Community Bulletin 07 31-May-2007
Junior Ranger Ambassador Grant 11-May-2007
Junior Ranger Day 08 14-April-2008
Lesson Plan of the Month 01-April-2009
Lewis at Harpers Ferry 08 26-June-2008
Madison at Harpers Ferry 21-July-2008
March 08 03-March-2008
March 2007 Community Bulletin 05-March-2007
March CB09 13-February-2009
March Community Bulletin 11-July-2006
May 08 29-April-2008
May CB 30-April-2007
May Community Bulletin 11-July-2006
May Community Bulletin09 24-April-2009
Meriwether Lewis Returns to Harpers Ferry 03-July-2007
Military Band Concerts 08 11-June-2008
Miners and Sappers 08 14-August-2008
Mr. Lincoln Returns to Harpers Ferry 02-October-2006
Mr. Lincoln Returns to Harpers Ferry 07 27-September-2007
Mr. Lincoln Returns to Harpers Ferry08 22-September-2008
National Parks' Centennial Proposals 27-August-2007
National Public Lands Day 25-September-2007
National Public Lands Day 08 05-September-2008
National Trails Day 07 18-May-2007
National Trails Day 08 22-May-2008
NBC25 Cleanup 22-May-2008
News 21-September-2005
News Releases 11-July-2006
November 08 03-November-2008
November 2007 25-October-2007
November Community Bulletin 27-October-2006
October 08 22-September-2008
October 2007 27-September-2007
October Community Bulletin 25-September-2006
Opening of Harpers Ferry Train Station 10-April-2007
Park Announces Holiday Schedule 08 19-November-2008
Park Day 2007 09-March-2007
Park Day Cleanup09 19-March-2009
Park Highlights Presidential Connections 08-January-2009
Park Newspaper 11-July-2006
Park Proposes to Control Gypsy Moth 05-February-2008
Park Proposes to Control Gypsy Moth in 09 19-February-2009
Park Unveils General Management Plan 22-September-2008
Park Welcomes New Chief Ranger 20-August-2007
Park Welcomes Student Transportation Interpreters 07 29-June-2007
Potomac River Cleanup 08 03-March-2008
Potomac River Cleanup09 19-March-2009
Prospects for Peace 21-November-2006
Prospects of Peace 08 12-November-2008
Prospects of Peace07 19-November-2007
Rally for Virginia 16-April-2007
Remembering The Niagara Movement 08 14-August-2008
September 08 27-August-2008
September 2007 28-August-2007
September Community Bulletin 29-August-2006
Sheridan's Soldiers 07 30-July-2007
Sheridan's Soldiers 08 29-July-2008
Sixth Annual Don Redman Heritage Awards & Concert 18-June-2007
Soldier's City 08 11-July-2008
Student Conservation Association Crews Assist Park 19-June-2007
Summer Jobs with YCC 06-April-2009
Summer Jobs with YCC07 10-April-2007
Summer of Fire 08 11-August-2008
T Jefferson at Harpers Ferry08 11-July-2008
Thomas Jefferson at Harpers Ferry 11-July-2008
Thomas Jefferson at Harpers Ferry 2008 14-July-2008
Train Station Nears Completion 11-January-2007
Under Fire 31-October-2006
Under Fire - July 21 11-July-2007
Under Fire 08-2 11-July-2008
Under Fire 1862 31-October-2006
Under Fire August 08 07-August-2008
Under Fire Nov. 07 25-October-2007
Under Fire: The Battle of Harpers Ferry 1862.Aug 07-August-2008
Under Fire08 22-May-2008
Veterans Day Free 27-October-2006
Who Built America? 20-August-2007
Women's History Month 09 10-March-2009
YCC application 09-April-2007
YCC Flyer and Application 09 06-April-2009
YCC Summer Employment 09-April-2007
Photos & Multimedia
NCTC 21-September-2005
Photos & Multimedia 21-September-2005
Plan Your Visit
07 schedule of events 30-April-2007
2008 Schedule of Events 14-April-2008
2008 Summer Tour Schedule 20-June-2008
2009 Schedule of Events 27-March-2009
Accessibility 23-September-2008
Accessible Path Map08 23-September-2008
America the Beautiful-National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes 12-December-2006
AT Museum Opens New Exhibit 07 17-May-2007
Bicycling Information 29-July-2008
Bolivar Heights Trails-larger 10-May-2007
Camp Hill Wedding Permit Map 07-November-2007
Civil War to Civil Rights Trail 10-May-2007
Directions 21-September-2005
Fall Color 16-October-2008
Fee Reservation Form 13-January-2009
Fees & Reservations 22-September-2005
Film Permit Long Form 06-November-2007
Film Permit Long Form 07 07-November-2007
Film Permit Short Form 06-November-2007
Film Permit Short Form 07 07-November-2007
Gas Station 21-September-2005
Getting Around 21-September-2005
Guided Tours 08-June-2007
Harpers Ferry Trails 10-July-2006
Hikes 20-September-2005
Lower Town 07-May-2007
Lower Town Accessible Route map 08 24-September-2008
Lower Town Accessible08 24-September-2008
Lower Town map08 24-September-2008
map of park area 29-January-2007
Maps 22-September-2005
Maryland Heights Trail 07-May-2007
National Trails Day 09-May-2007
National Trails Day 07 17-May-2007
New Accessible route map08 24-September-2008
Operating Hours & Seasons 21-September-2005
Overnight Parking 08-April-2008
Park Permit 10-930 06-November-2007
Park wide map08 24-September-2008
Permits 23-September-2005
Pets 28-June-2006
Plan Your Visit 19-September-2005
Regional map of Harpers Ferry area 29-January-2007
Road map to Harpers Ferry 29-January-2007
Schedule Of Events 19-September-2005
schedule of events 07 04-May-2007
Schedule of Events with Summer Tour Schedule 20-June-2008
Segway Policy08 23-September-2008
Special Use Permit 06-November-2007
Special Use Permit Form 07 07-November-2007
Things To Do 19-September-2005
Things To Know Before You Come 28-June-2006
Things To See 10-May-2006
Virginius Island Trail 07-May-2007
Visiting With Your Pet 03-July-2006
Weddings at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 26-September-2006
Your Safety 11-July-2006
Support Your Park
2007 Park Day Clean up 20-April-2007
Acadia Owen 16-October-2006
Archeology Internships 09-May-2006
Archeology Volunteers 11-September-2006
Archivist Volunteer 03-November-2006
Bookshop Volunteers 11-September-2006
Brad Wyand 05-September-2006
Brian Vazzano 17-September-2007
Brochures 05-October-2005
Cayla Gilliam 05-September-2006
Community Service Projects 08-September-2006
Curatorial Services Internships 15-May-2006
Current Volunteer Opportunities 08-September-2006
Education Internships 04-January-2006
Education Volunteer 07-September-2006
Erin Anderson 18-June-2008
Hannah Dixon 09-November-2006
Intern Testimonials 05-September-2006
Internships 07-September-2006
Jessica Dawson 10-September-2007
Jim Koenig Receives 2006 Volunteer of the Year Award 25-January-2008
John Rudy 05-September-2006
Kara Osmonson 13-March-2007
Karen Anderson 09-November-2006
Kristin Zimmerman 16-October-2006
Lisa Berray 09-November-2006
Living History Group Volunteers 08-September-2006
Living History Internships 01-May-2006
Living History Volunteers 07-September-2006
Melissa R. Crosby 14-March-2007
Miranda Summers 10-September-2007
Neal King 05-September-2006
Neal King Testimonial 05-September-2006
Polly Root 05-September-2006
Scott Huffard 16-October-2006
Skye Montgomery 17-September-2007
Support Your Park 29-September-2005
Sydney Peden 16-October-2006
Tiger on the Trail Hike Leader 24-September-2008
Traci Manning 05-September-2006
Vanessa Smiley 05-September-2006
Visitor Services Internships 03-May-2006
Visitor Services Volunteer 11-September-2006
Volunteer 03-January-2006
Volunteer of the Month 11-February-2009
Volunteer of the Month - February 09 03-April-2009
Volunteer of the Month - January 09 03-April-2009
Volunteer of the Month - March 09 03-April-2009
Intake arches channeled water to power industry on Virginius Island.  

Did You Know?
Virginius Island was a thriving 19th-century industrial town along the Shenandoah River. By 1859, there were about three dozen buildings there.

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