Abolitionist John Brown Boards in Chambersburg

Preparing for the raid on Harpers Ferry arsenal, John Brown came to Chambersburg in the summer of 1859 wearing a beard as a disguise and using the alias of Isaac Smith. He took up residence at Mary Ritner’s boarding house ...

Colonel John Brown

of Pittsfield, Mass.

killed October 19th, 1780 at Stone Arabia, N.Y. on his thirty-fifth birthday.

Was with Ethan Allen, May 10th, 1775.

Made a gallant attempt to retake the fort

September 17th to 22nd, 1777

but failed owing to ...

Here Lies Buried John Brown

John Brown of Osawatomie

Here Lies Buried

John Brown

Born at Torrington, Connecticut

May 9th, 1800

He emigrated to Kansas in 1855 where he took an active part in the contest against the pro-slavery party. He gained in August 1856 a victory at Osawatomie over ...

John Brown

Boarded in this house for a while in the summer of 1859 under the name of "Smith". While in Chambersburg, he secretly received firearms and ammunition. Later in 1859k Brown led a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

Marker is ...

John Brown

(California’s Paul Revere)

In 1846, during American conquest of California, John Brown, nicknamed “Juan Flaco,” rode from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four days to warn Commodore Stockton of the siege of Los Angeles. As a result, troops were ...

Frederick Douglass - John Brown meeting

In the home of William Webb, 200 feet north of this spot, two famous American's met several Detroit Negro residents on March 12, 1859, to discuss methods of abolishing American Negro slavery. John Brown (1800-1859), fiery antislavery leader, ardently advocated ...

John Calvin Brown

Born in the same house as his brother, Neill, June 1, 1827. Enlisting for the Confederacy in 1861, he commanded a division at the war's end, having been twice wounded. Member 1869 Legislature and president, 1870 Constitutional Convention; elected Governor ...

John Brown's Last Stand

You are in the line of fire. The stone marker in front of you identifies the original site of the armory fire engine house - now known as John Brown's Fort. Barricaded inside the fort, abolitionist John Brown and his ...

John Brown Fort

Here is a building with a curious past. Since its construction in 1848, it has been vandalized, dismantled, and moved four times - all because of its fame as John Brown's stronghold.

The Fort's "Movements"

1848 Built as fire-engine house for ...

John Brown of Kansas

Erected May 9, 1935

by

The Woman's

Relief Corps

Department of Kansas

Auxiliary to the

Grand Army

"John Brown

of Kansas

He dared begin

He lost

But losing won"

                    Eugene ...