Harpers Ferry
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Harper's ferry, after a ferry operated by Robert Harper.
Proper noun
[edit]Harpers Ferry
- A small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia; best known as the site of a raid by John Brown in 1859, a major event in the origins of the American Civil War.
- A minor city in Taylor Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Towns in West Virginia, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Iowa, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Historical events
- en:American Civil War