He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry. Here he assembled his arms and waited for his "army" to arrive. The delay had an adverse effect on Brown's plan.

Occasionally, helicopters can be seen over the Potomac River rescuing people stranded on the rocks, but it’s rare see a helicopter putting people on them. That’s exactly what is happening this ...

From here you can make out the colorful rooftops of Harpers Ferry’s Lower ... gear up at River and Trail Outfitters to enjoy a serene float down the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in a tube ...

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plane used a green laser Saturday to search the Potomac River for helicopter parts amid the investigation into the Jan. 29 collision. The NOAA ...

Ten days after a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people on board, investigators have recovered most of the debris ...

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of a number of historical ... Its position at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers not only set the stage for such ...

His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded ... Two had escaped across the river. Brown gathered those who were left in a small brick building, the engine ...