This is the old Engine House where the criminal and murderer , John Brown, took refuge after trying to storm the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He was hoping to use the arms in a slave uprising. However, he found himself cornered here by the TOWNSPEOPLE. Virginia Governor dispatched UNITED STATES troops led by U.S. Colonel Robert E. Lee who captured the engine house along with Brown. He was later tried for treason and HANGED. Photograph is by Russell Photo, Baltimore, Md.
