Paw Paw / Paw Paw Tunnel / The Fruit

Historical marker location:

Paw Paw, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of West Virginia Route 9 and Winchester Street, on the right when traveling east on State Route 9. Reported unreadable.)

Washington 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.