Historical Marker
McCollochs Leap
Historical marker location:
Wheeling, West Virginia
( Marker is on National Road (U.S. 40) east of Stone Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1917
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.