His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded ... Their problems began when a train approached town. The baggage master ran to warn the passengers.

If you luck out, you might find one of 81 parking spots in the lower town lot at Harpers Ferry Station (pictured above ... Confluence while walking on the rail-with-trail bridge that crosses ...

He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry. Here he assembled his ... relayed by the conductor of an express train heading to Baltimore, reached President Buchanan.