Harpers Ferry Rivers, Railroads, Revolvers
by David Ralph
Title
Harpers Ferry Rivers, Railroads, Revolvers
Artist
David Ralph
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
The "Harpers Ferry: Rivers, Railroads, Revolvers" abstract watercolor by David Ralph is composed of the most noticeable aspects of this old historic town which flourished before and during the Civil War. The most obvious of them being the outline of three large mountains bisected by two fast-flowing rivers that form the junction of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The mountains stand so tall and close that rock climbers and hawks around their peaks can be clearly seen from town. Blasts of dynamite through the largest mountain enabled a fledgling Baltimore & Ohio railroad to reach Harpers Ferry before the man-made canal did - which started years earlier - brought common goods and a few luxuries to the town. Dry goods establishments, clothing stores, fine brick homes, laborer's housing, and beer halls lined the main streets of the fast-growing town. Assembly-lines of gun manufacturers and flour mills once ran alongside both rivers to use the awesome power of the two waterways, the Shenandoah and the Potomac. Famed abolishionist John Brown and his gang once stormed into town from the mountain heights to lay siege to the city's large arsenal only to be caught and hanged soon after. Meriwether Lewis once stopped through Harpers Ferry to purchase frontier supplies and craft a sturdy boat for the hazardous voyage West as part of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803, and Thomas Jefferson once stood on a rock above the town and marveled at the beauty of the area.
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June 22nd, 2018
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