Historical Marker
Joyce S. Stockert
Historical marker location:
63 E Main St, Buckhannon, West Virginia
( Marker is on East Main Street just east of Stockert Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2020
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.