Zackwill Morgan

Historical marker location:

300 Spruce Street, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker is on Spruce Street (U.S. 119) just north of Walnut Street (West Virginia Route 7), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.