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PREFACE
THE STRANGE STORY OF HARPER'S FERRY
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
THE LEGEND OF WIZARD CLIP.
THE ENCHANTER'S WHEEL.
THE WITCH'S OVERSIGHT.
THE REMORSEFUL DOG.
Advertisements and Lists of Patrons.
Transcriber's Notes.
THE STRANGE STORY OF
HARPER'S FERRY
WITH LEGENDS OF
THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY
BY
JOSEPH BARRY
A resident of the place for half a century
PRINTING HISTORY
1st Printing By Thompson Brothers, Martinsburg, W. Va. 1903
2nd Printing Published By The Woman's Club of Harpers Ferry District
(Printed By The Shepherdstown Register, Inc.,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1958
3rd Printing Published By The Woman's Club of Harpers Ferry District
(Printed By The Shepherdstown Register, Inc.,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1959
4th Printing Published By The Woman's Club of Harpers Ferry District
(Printed By The Shepherdstown Register, Inc.,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1964
5th Printing Published By The Woman's Club of Harpers Ferry District
(Printed By The Shepherdstown Register, Inc.,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1967
6th Printing Published By The Woman's Club of Harpers Ferry District
(Printed By The Shepherdstown Register, Inc.,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1969
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Copyright, 1903, by
JOSEPH BARRY
PREFACE
The real story of Harper's Ferry is sad, and but little less wild andromantic than the old-time legends that abound in the long settledcountry around. The facts of the story we give with scrupulousexactness. We, ourselves, have witnessed many of the most importantincidents narrated and, for what happened before our time, we have theevidence of old settlers of the highest character and veracity.
The legends are consistent, even though they