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Harper's Ferry
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Harper's Ferry [ˈhɑːpəz]
n
(Placename) a village in NE West Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers: site of an arsenal seized by John Brown (1859). Pop.: 308 (1990)
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Noun1.Harper's Ferry - a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
Harpers Ferry
Mountain State, West Virginia, WV - a state in east central United States
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