FIRST -- Mode of Travel Accross the Potomac - Harpers Ferry, WV
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bluesnote
N 39° 19.378 W 077° 43.719
18S E 264781 N 4356168
One of many historical markers in Harpers Ferry.
Waymark Code: WMZWP8
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2019
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The plaque says, "Situated in a gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains and at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, Harpers Ferry, from its beginning, functioned as a natural avenue of transportation.
The first mode of travel consisted of a primitive ferry established in 1733 by Peter Stephens. Stephens sold his business to Robert Harper in 1747, and Harper and others carried settlers and supplies across the waters until 1824 when a bridge constructed across the Potomac made ferryboat operations unnecessary.
In less than a decade after the completion of the bridge, the iron horse and the mule brought the transportation revolution to Harpers Ferry."
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