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  • Fog along pathway alongside river below Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, West Virginia.
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  • Dusk over the Ohio River from Harris Riverfront Park. Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
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  • Church in Woods. West Virginia.
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  • The historic town of Harpers Ferry is illuminated from a full moon above; as seen from the edge of Maryland Heights.<br />
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On the night of October 16th, 1859 a party of 17 armed men led by the militant abolitionist John Brown crossed the Potomac River over the B&O railroad bridge (the piers of which can be seen below at left) to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and its stockpile of 100,000 rifles and muskets. With these weapons, Brown intended to facilitate an armed slave uprising that would spread throughout the entire South. <br />
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While his raid failed, the news of John Brown's attempt was an earthquake that reverberated throughout the entire Union and split the fault line between North and South. denounced as a psychotic terrorist by Southerners, Brown was embraced by many Northern abolitionists as a martyr. This outpouring of support for Brown exasperated Southern suspicions of a yankee-abolitionist plot to subjugate the South under Northern control through emancipation; by force if necessary. Southern states, long fearful of slave revolts, revived the militia system to combat all future "John Browns" laying the foundation for what would become the Confederate Army. <br />
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On the morning of his execution, John Brown handed a note to one of his guards that would become prophetic: "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood..." 16 months later, Confederate batteries in Charleston would open fire on Fort Sumter, and the bloody purge would begin.
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  • Moonlit Night and Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Glade Creek Grist Mill. Babcock State Park. West Virginia.
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  • New River Gorge Bridge. Fayetteville, W.Va.
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  • Streetscene. Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia.
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  • A nearly full moon illuminates passing clouds over a wintry Highland Scenic Highway in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • Main Street. Mt. Hope. Fayette County, West Virginia.
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  • Moonlit Night over Hinton from across the New River. Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • The Kanawha River power plant, shut down since 2015, is seen on a moonlit night in Glasgow, W,Va., on Monday night, August 28, 2018.
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  • On the night of October 16th 1859 a party of 17 armed men led by the militant abolitionist John Brown crossed the Potomac River over the B&O railroad bridge to seize the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry and its stockpile of 100,000 rifles and muskets. With these weapons, Brown intended to facilitate an armed slave uprising that would begin in Virginia and move South along the Blue Ridge as word of the revolt spread. The raid was initially successful. Brown's men seized the railroad bridge, rounded up the town's watchmen, cut the telegraph wire and seized the arsenal complex (guarded by a single sentry) without incident. It all went downhill from there. <br />
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Brown's entire plan hinged on the assumption that slaves in the surrounding countryside would flock to him after receiving word of the raid. However, no slaves were made aware of the planned attack, and consequently Brown quickly found himself surrounded in the morning not by eager runaway slaves but by angry townspeople and militia. Volleys were exchanged and hostages taken as Brown and his men retreated into the Arsenal's engine house (known today as John Brown's Fort)  barricading themselves inside. <br />
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Meanwhile, An eastbound B&O train stopped by Brown's men earlier that morning was allowed to continue forward, whose conductor quickly wired a telegram reporting the raid to officials in Baltimore. In a matter of hours, Washington was alerted to the attack. President Buchanan dispatched a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee; future commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, to end the siege and capture John Brown. The Marines arrived in Harper's Ferry the next day. Brown refused to surrender himself in exchange for the lives of his remaining men, and the marines stormed the engine house to take Brown prisoner.
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  • Misty night over the Gauley River, taken in the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
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  • Roadside Dave's Den. Putnam County, West Virginia.
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  • Light trails from passing cars are seen in this long exposure from Fort Hill over Interstate 64. Charleston, W.Va.
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  • Star trails swirl around Polaris, the North Star, in this hour-long exposure at Calhoun County Park outside of Grantsville, West Virginia;
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  • Starry sky over Summersville Dam & Gauley River.
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  • Fog along Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston W.Va., on Thursday night, January 11, 2018.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry Sky. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure.
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  • West Virginia.
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  • Gas Station. Richwood, West Virginia.
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  • Moonlit Night and Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • A passing train is blurred in a long exposure on railroad tracks alongside route 60 in Belle, West Virginia.
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  • Truck Lights illuminate I-79 outside of Clendenin on a foggy morning in West Virginia.
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  • Car lights illuminate a stationary coal train near the Mammoth Coal Processing Plant. Kanawha Valley, West Virginia.
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  • Dusk over Blackwater Falls. Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • A Jesus sign glows in front of a house near Dryfork, West Virginia.
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  • Truck and Abshire Hardware. White Oak, West Virginia.
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  • Sunset over the New River Gorge as seen from the Hawks Nest Overlook. Ansted, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry Sky. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • The John E. Amos power plant is seen from a field outside of Winfield, W,Va., on Thursday night, August 23, 2018. Built in the 1970's, the plant is the largest in the American Electric Power system. Many of AEP's smaller coal-fired power plants in Appalachia closed in response to environmental regulations such as the Clean Power Plan in 2015.
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  • The John E. Amos power plant is seen from a field outside of Winfield, W,Va., on Thursday night, August 23, 2018. Built in the 1970's, the plant is the largest in the American Electric Power system. Many of AEP's smaller coal-fired power plants in Appalachia closed in response to environmental regulations such as the Clean Power Plan in 2015.
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  • WVA Manufacturing. Alloy, W.V.
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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure. Route 60, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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  • The Kanawha River power plant, shut down since 2015, is seen on a moonlit night in Glasgow, W,Va.
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  • House. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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  • Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Twilight over Paint Creek and Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • The old gristmill is seen amidst the colors of fall in Babcock State Park near Clifftop, W.V., on Saturday, October 27, 2018.
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  • Glade Creek Grist Mill. Babcock State Park. West Virginia.
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  • Belva, W.V.
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  • Rustic scene on the road to Belva. West Virginia.
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  • Railroad tracks in the direction of the Kanawha Valley are seen along Route 60 in Belle, West Virginia.
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  • Roadside Barn along Route 10 from Huntington. Cabell County, West Virginia.
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  • Truck lights frame a house in this long exposure taken in the town of Dailey along the Seneca Trail.
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  • Lights from a house are illuminated in fog that blankets Browns Creek road under a starry sky in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • View from Hawks Nest Overlook. Near Ansted, West Virginia. The construction of the Hawks Nest tunnel nearby to support the hydroelectric dam below the overlook in the 1930's resulted in one of the worst industrial disasters in the nation's history, with large scale silicosis killing hundreds of the workers who worked to build it.
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  • House in Field on a cloudy night. Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  • A nearly full moon is seen at twilight over Cranberry Glades. Pocahontas County. West Virginia.
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  • The moon rises over the Kanawha River at Glen Ferris, W,Va., on Monday, August 28, 2018.
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  • Blackwater River. Davis. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Mt Hope is a former mining town that was a premier destination for Fayette County from its formation in the 1890's to its chartering in the 1920s and beyond. Unlike many other mining towns throughout the state where only a company general store was allowed, Mt. Hope grew independently, with its main street teeming with restaurants, theaters, hotels, shopping boutiques and more. However, as the decades wore on economic realities began taking their toll, with major employers such as the New River coal company shutting down (the local siltex mine just outside of town was one of the last mines in operation, and was also the site of a mining accident in 1966 that killed seven workers). leading to a steady decline for the once prosperous town. Now, of the dozens of buildings lining main street, only a handful have businesses occupying them. The town of 1,400 has no more than two eateries, a local Italian restaurant and an Italian chain further down the street. The local high school was demolished, with students now going to school in nearby Oak Hill or Beckley. Even places of basic employment are shutting down, with a local family dollar shutting its doors a short while ago.
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  • Moonlit Night over Abandoned House. Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry sky over Dunmore Country Mart. Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry night over church. Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry Sky. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Sunrise. Dolly Sods Wilderness. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • The Kanawha River power plant, shut down since 2015, is seen on a moonlit night in Glasgow, W,Va.
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  • The stone piers on the left are what remains of the original B&O Railroad bridge which was burned in 1861 by Confederates before marching South to converge with other rebel units to defend an important railroad junction from Union capture. The battle of Bull Run (as it was called by the Union, Manassas by the Confederacy; Union battles were typically named after rivers and tributaries, whereas Confederates named them after nearby towns and railroads) would be the first major battle of the Civil War.
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  • Autumn in Richwood, W.Va.
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  • A woman holds an umbrella on a rainy day amidst fall colors at the Glade Creek Grist Mill inside Babcock State Park near Clifftop, W.Va., on Saturday, October 27, 2018.
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  • Dusk over the Capitol building and Kanawha Boulevard. Charleston, West Virginia.
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  • Church in the town of Dailey, Randolph County, West Virginia.
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  • Misty Night over a road in West Virginia.
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  • Starry Sky over the Highland Scenic Highway. Monongahela National Forest. West Virginia
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  • Country Scene. Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry sky over Summersville Lake and Dam. Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  • Street Corner. Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia.
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  • The town, dam and locks of London. Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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  • A neon lit Dairy Queen is seen at Dusk in Buckhannon, WV on Sunday, September 24, 2017.
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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure. Route 60, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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  • The old gristmill is seen amidst the colors of fall in Babcock State Park near Clifftop, W.V., on Saturday, October 27, 2018.
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  • On the road to Dryfork. Route 32. West Virginia.
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  • Car lights illuminate the mist gathering at dusk in West Virginia.
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  • Car lights illuminate the mist gathering at dusk in West Virginia.
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  • Starry Sky over House. Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • New River Gorge Bridge. Fayetteville, W.Va.
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  • Autumn Road in West Virginia.
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