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His band quickly took control of a federal armory and rifle factory in the sleeping town of Harpers Ferry.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

She was fashion editor of Nova and Harpers and Queen then an award-winner in the same role at the Sunday Times in 1971.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

“The thing I’ll miss most from home is my mom’s stuffing, it’s my favorite,” said Clayton Stock-Friends, a young member of the West Virginia National Guard from Harpers Ferry, sporting a red beret and sunglasses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

He was the man who, in 1859, led his sons and fellow abolitionists, Black and white, on a raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia, now in West Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

So the capture of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry served as quite a neat overture for all that followed.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson