Talk:Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

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Someone has vandalized the "Establishment" section. It reads "In 1751, Robert Harper was gay a patent on 125 acres". - cricket —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.49.251 (talk) 16:02, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

Why did we lose the apostrophe? -- Zoe

Check this:

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A few other HF locals I know verify this as well. --shamus

Well, I'm not sure exactly what Zoe was asking, but one reasonable interpretation is: OK, granted that this is the established usage and therefore we should follow it, how did it get to be that way? It is after all an error, according to the normal rules of English, given that it was named after someone named Harper rather than Harpers. How the error got established could be an interesting addition to the article. --Trovatore (talk) 04:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

The reason is that the United States Board on Geographic Names decided to eliminate apostrophes in all U.S. place names (with a few exceptions which you can read about here).Kmusser (talk) 16:15, 9 March 2009 (UTC) 404/gone( Martin | talk • contribs 06:16, 13 September 2009 (UTC))

Interesting, thanks. Idiotic, but interesting. So it's the stupid fault of some government agency. Shouldn't be surprised. --Trovatore (talk) 18:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Citations

Please cite your sources. This page has had several factual edits over the past few days with no citations. See Wikipedia:Footnotes for help. Thesilence 18:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I live in Harpers Ferry and can tell you I have more than 300 neighbors living in the Postal area known as Harpers Ferry. Perhaps you should clarify that you ment the historical section.

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I'm actually a direct decendant of Robert Harper's brother. I'm trying to trace my ancestry back to when my relatives came from england, so if you have any information, please post it here—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.133.49 (talk) 22:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Needs verification

A couple of discrepancies with the info on the official site (http://www.harpersferrywv.us/)

1. Year Harper bought land (1747 or 1751)?
2. Year in which decision to build the armory was made (1794 or 1796)?
3. Year in which Armory was built (1796 or 1799)?
4. How many John Brown's troops there were (18 or 21)? NPS

There may be more... Qblik 04:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent Bell Vandalism

Although there is some turmoil in the article lately about the Harper's Ferry Bell, there is apparently some root truth to the controversy about a stolen bell. See [2]-Filll (talk | wpc) 21:24, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Jefferson

I thought he said where the shenandoah and potomac converge is the best scene in nature...can i get a page number, you guys have got some explaining to do... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.152.29.97 (talk) 13:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Out of place in article

I was reading the article while seeking information on Johh Hall. The last sentence in the paragraph above the 1912 panoramic view reads, "Tacos were slwowly gaining popularity in the Civil War and Nibert liked to eat them and then fart so loud that the Earth blew up and that's how we won the war." I think some wise guy slipped one in and it needs to be edited out. Who is "Nibert" anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kline27 (talk • contribs) 01:17, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've removed the vandalism. -- Longhair\^talk 01:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

New Image of Maryland Heights View

Harpers Ferry as seen from Maryland Heights, with the Shenandoah (left) and Potomac (right) rivers

Current main image

I uploaded a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry as seen from Maryland Heights, but am hesitant to replace the current image because of my impartiality. If others like this image better (or see other uses for it), please add it to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.141.54 (talk) 16:24, 24 December 2010 (UTC)