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  • Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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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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  • 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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  • House. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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  • Moonlit Night and Fall foliage in 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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  • Twilight over Paint Creek and Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Fall foliage in 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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  • Rustic scene on the road to Belva. 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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  • Country Scene. Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  • Glade Creek Grist Mill. Babcock State Park. West Virginia.
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  • Glade Creek Grist Mill. Babcock State Park. West Virginia.
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  • House in Field on a cloudy night. Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  • Fall foliage in West Virginia.
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  • Moonlit night over Skyline Drive. Shenandoah National Park. Virginia
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  • Blackwater Falls is seen in the early morning from an overlook in the park outside of Davis, W. Va.
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  • Stars shine above a copse of trees as the sun rises beneath a crescent moon on the other side of the horizon. Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park.
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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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  • The sun begins to rise over Shenandoah National Park, as seen from Big Meadows along Skyline Drive.
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  • The town of Luray glows in the distance as passing cars light up the trees lining skyline drive in Shenandoah national park.
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  • The sun rises over a copse of trees at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park.
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  • The Blue Ridge Mountains are shrouded in fog in the late evening. Shenandoah National Park, as seen from along Skyline Drive.
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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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  • A crescent moon sets as the sun begins to rise on the horizon  over a copse of trees at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park.
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  • Autumn in Richwood, W.Va.
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  • The sun rises over Shenandoah National Park, as seen from Big Meadows along Skyline Drive.
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  • A crescent moon is seen in the early morning sky at dawn, as seen from Big Meadows along Skyline Drive.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A family takes pictures of themselves with yesterday's sunset from an overlook along skyline drive in Shenandoah national park.
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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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  • New River Gorge Bridge. Fayetteville, W.Va.
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  • New River Gorge Bridge. Fayetteville, W.Va.
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  • A dilapidated structure stands next to a McDonalds advertising billboard. Somewhere near Luray, VA
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  • Autumn in Shenandoah National Park, as seen from Skyline Drive.
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  • The Milky Way Galaxy hangs in the early morning sky over a copse of trees at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park on April 22, 2015
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  • The sun rises over Shenandoah National Park, as seen from the Mt. Marshall Overlook along Skyline Drive.
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  • An autumn tinged chestnut tree is illuminated by headlights under a starry sky in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 18, 2014 in Shenandoah National Park. Taking a night drive along the famed road inside the park Skyline Drive is a good way to beat the normal crowd and enjoy a pristine sunrise.
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  • Dusk over the Ohio River from Harris Riverfront Park. Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.
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  • From left, Heather Myers, Sharon Cobaugh, Jennifer Kesecker and Ashley Bowman demonstrate in animal costumes at the West Virginia State Capitol on the second day of the teacher walkout in Charleston, W.V., on Friday, February 23, 2018. All four are teachers from Eagle School Intermediate in Berkley County.
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  • Gas Station. Richwood, 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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  • Church in Woods. West Virginia.
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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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  • Fog along pathway alongside river below Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, 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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  • Misty night over the Gauley River, taken in the town of Gauley Bridge, 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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  • A passing train is blurred in a long exposure on railroad tracks alongside route 60 in Belle, West Virginia.
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  • Streetscene. Hamlin, Lincoln 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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  • Street Corner. Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia.
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  • Truck and Abshire Hardware. White Oak, West Virginia.
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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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  • West Virginia.
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  • Roadside Dave's Den. Putnam County, 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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  • 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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  • Blackwater River. Davis. Tucker County, West Virginia.
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  • Dusk over Blackwater Falls. Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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  • Starry sky over Summersville Lake and Dam. Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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  • Abandoned Church. West Virginia.
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  • A Jesus sign glows in front of a house near Dryfork, 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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  • Dusk over the Capitol building and Kanawha Boulevard. Charleston, West Virginia.
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  • Roadside Barn along Route 10 from Huntington. Cabell County, West Virginia.
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  • On the road to Dryfork. Route 32. 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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  • Autumn Road in West Virginia.
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  • Teammates react after another slam dunk from Texas Longhorns forward Jericho Sims (20) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Morgantown, W.Va. on Saturday Feb. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Craig Hudson)
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  • The town, dam and locks of London. Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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  • Moonlit Night over Abandoned House. Greenbrier 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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  • 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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  • Master Gunnery Sergeant Peter Wilson of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band practices on his violin before performing the national anthem at an NCAA college basketball game in Morgantown, W.Va. on Saturday Feb. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Craig Hudson)
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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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  • Starry Sky over House. Pocahontas 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 over the Highland Scenic Highway. Monongahela National Forest. West Virginia
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  • Kristen Kief of Jefferson County wears bunny ears, an emblem of the ongoing teacher strike at the capitol in Charleston, W.V., on Monday, March 05, 2018; the eighth day of statewide school closures.
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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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  • The Mammoth Coal Processing Plant is seen in a long exposure.
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  • School personnel leave the Capitol grounds after WVEA President Dale Lee outlined the terms for ending the walkout at the capitol building on the fourth day of statewide walkouts in Charleston, W.V., on Tuesday, February 27, 2018.
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  • From right, Wyoming County's Mullens Elementary school teachers Kara Brown, Katherine Dudley and Nina Tunstalle, along with Lois Casto of Central Elementary school in St. Albans, react to news of a deal reached between the House and Senate for a 5% across the board increase for state workers at the capitol in Charleston, W.V., on Tuesday, March 06, 2018; the ninth day of statewide school closures.
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  • Teachers line the capitol grounds after the capitol was declared at capacity and admittance was temporarily on hold in Charleston, W.V., on Monday, March 05, 2018; the eighth day of statewide school closures.
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