The Workers

Historical marker location:

100 Simmons Avenue, Bramwell, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (County Route 120) and Simmons Avenue (County Route 120), on the left when traveling west on Main Street.)

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.