Historical Marker
Gray Roscoe Barker
Historical marker location:
46 E Main St, Buckhannon, West Virginia
( Marker is on East Main Street (County Road 151) just east of North Spring Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017
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.