What to see in America . st their lives,and ten of the raiders werekilled. Brown and such ofhis fellows as were capturedwere imprisoned and tried atCharlestown, ten miles to thesouthwest, and there he andsix others were hung. Thejail and adjacent courthousestill stand, and it is a curiousfact that when snow falls itquickly melts in a path whichleads diagonally across thestreet from one to the will be snow over allthe rest of the street, but noton the path John Brown trodin going to and from the courthouse. You might think thatthis was miraculous testimony that John Brown was a mart
What to see in America . st their lives,and ten of the raiders werekilled. Brown and such ofhis fellows as were capturedwere imprisoned and tried atCharlestown, ten miles to thesouthwest, and there he andsix others were hung. Thejail and adjacent courthousestill stand, and it is a curiousfact that when snow falls itquickly melts in a path whichleads diagonally across thestreet from one to the will be snow over allthe rest of the street, but noton the path John Brown trodin going to and from the courthouse. You might think thatthis was miraculous testimony that John Brown was a martyrsaint, but another explanation is that the courthouse isheated from the jail, and the hot pipes run under the streetpaving. The armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry weredestroyed during theCivil War and havenot been Browns Fort,as the brick enginehouse was called afterthe foray, has beenremoved to a smallpark on the Shenan-doah, about fourmiles from the town. Table Rock near Wheeling A Harpers Ferry Highway. West Virginia 161 Wheeling, the states largest city, is an important tradingand manufacturing center. On its borders, at the crest ofFulton Hill, is what is known as McCullochs , a celebrated Indian fighter, escaped pursuingsavages here in 1777 by riding on his horse down the steepthree-hundred-foot declivity and crossing Wheeling was a scramble, rather than a leap. The state is notable for its great resources in coal, oil,and gas, and it is a land of wonderful mountains and magnifi-cent forests. Its loftiest height is Spruce Knob in PendletonCountv, in the eastern part of the state, with ^^^ ^ -^ an elevation of 4860feet. The highlandsections have won re-pute for their pureand healthful are a numberof famous mineralsprings among themountains. White Sulphur Springs is perhaps the most noteworthy of were treated there as early as 1778. The placeis environed by mountains that have much scenic charm. About a dozen mi
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