Morgan Cabin

Historical marker location:

Bunker Hill, West Virginia

( Marker is on Runneymead Road, ½ mile west of Goldmiller Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1978

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.