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Historical marker location:

Ashland, West Virginia

( Marker is on Cherokee Road (County Route 17) 5.8 miles east of Coal Heritage Road in Northfork (U.S. 52), on the right when traveling east.)

National Coal Heritage Trail.

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.