Olivet Cemetery

Historical marker location:

432 Winchester Ave, Moorefield, West Virginia

( Marker is on Olivet Drive, 0.1 miles north of Winchester Street (Old West Virginia Route 55), on the left when traveling north.)

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.