Harpers Ferry Park Association
The classic, must-have guidebook to the C&O Canal is back! With new photos and research, updated maps, and a 21st century makeover, Thomas Hahn’s labor of love remains the most comprehensive mile-by-mile guide to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Journey 184.5 miles past former wharfs and foundries on the Georgetown waterfront, through quant Potomac River towns, to the mountainous region of western Maryland, while exploring all of the canal locks, lockhouses, aqueducts, and culverts along the way. Read how raging floodwaters and Civil War armies wreaked havoc on canal structures. Discover nature, geology, and 19th century engineering feats, as well as stories of the laborers, locktenders, and canallers who made the C&O a monument to human ingenuity and endurance. Deftly balancing engineering details with colorful anecdote and lore, Hahn’s guidebook is the go-to resource for all things C&O.Author: Thomas F. Hahn. Publisher: Harpers Ferry Park Association. Paperback, 276 pages. Measures 6" x 9" x 0.25". Weighs: 1 lb. 9 oz.
Annie P. Marmion celebrated her ninth birthday just a month before the outbreak of the Civil War. The daughter of the town doctor in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), she kept a journal of her experiences during the war. Her words give a unique perspective of the hardships civilians endured in a town that changed hands at least eight times before the war’s end. A nephew, William Vincent Marmion, Jr., compiled and edited her writings and published them in 1959 in the booklet Under Fire: An Experience in the Civil War. This reprint by the Harpers Ferry Park Association includes annotations and vivid watercolor paintings commissioned by the National Park Services that enhance the narrative of a child living with war on her doorstep. Publisher: Harpers Ferry Park Association. Paperback, 29 pages. Measures 6" x 9" x 0.125". Weighs 3 oz.
Derived from a 1965 Publication of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission.Today, the Upper Potomac Valley boasts an idyllic landscape where an indomitable river winds through quaint historic towns, rolling farmlands, and mountain vistas. Between 1859 and 1865, this was a scene of war. Battles, skirmishes, daring raids, and dangerous escapes rattled the usually peaceful region. Great armies, blue and gray, crossed the Potomac River numerous times as war shifted back and forth over this natural boundary that separated the North and South.One hundred years later, Washington, D.C. artist Garnet W. Jex combined his love of history and natural beauty to interpret these events in a stunning collection of fifty-one opaque watercolor paintings. The paintings are presented here in full color to commemorate the Civil War Sesquicentennial and to reveal in vivid detail the dramatic events that unfolded along the banks of the mighty river. Paintings and accompanying narrative by Garnet W. Jex, produced with the active help and guidance from John R. Winters, A. D. Kenamond, Paul J. Sedgwick, J. Gay Seabourne, & Walter R. Jex. Publisher: Harpers Ferry Park Association. Paperback, 56 pages. Measures 10" x 7" x 0.15". Weighs 6 oz.
Guide of Virginius Island with map, historic images, and descriptions of former mills, factories, and homes on the once-thriving industrial island. Ideal for a self-guided walking tour. Author: David T. Gilbert. Publisher: Harpers Ferry Park Association. Measures 8.5" x 11". Weighs 2.1 oz.
A comprehensive guidebook to the history of Harpers Ferry, including walking tours of Lower Town, Virginus Island, Maryland Heights, Loudoun Heights, and much more including detailed maps & index. Revised September 2022, the 9th edition includes new research, historic photos, illustrations and maps. Paperback, 224 pages Author: David T Gilbert . Measures 8.25"x5.9"x0.3" . Weighs 11.8 oz.
Wooden replica of the John G. Wilson building, now the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park bookshop. Back reads "Built of rough cast stone by John G. Wilson between 1825-1826, this 2 1/2 story building is located on Shenandoah Street in Harpers Ferry. The first floor was occupied by a variety of commerical enterprise throughout its history. The upper floors were used as residences. In 1834, a wing was added to the east side of the building. Today it is home to the National Park Bookshop, operated by the Harpers Ferry Park Association." Measures 7.5" x 4.75" x 0.75". Weighs 11.4 oz.
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