The Murphy Farm Tablet is on the Murphy Farm Trail in Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. The marker is at the end of the Murphy’s Farm Trail about 750 yards south of the trailhead parking area on Murphy Road. (39°18’27.8″N 77°45’42.9″W; map)
Looking north from near the Shenandoah River bluffs toward the Murphy Farm house in the distance. Directly ahead was the site where John Brown’s fort was displayed from 1895 until 1910. On the left are three wayside markers, Holy Ground, A Moving Symbol and Pilgrimage.
From the marker:
Murphy Farm
Established 1869
Alexander Murphy 1840-1931
Mollie M. Murphy 1869-1945
Mary Murphy 1834-1908
William J. Murphy 1872-1931
Historical events on the Farm:
Battle of Harpers Ferry
September 13-15, 1862
General Philip Sheridan’s Fortification
August 1864 to April 1865
Site of John Brown Fort
1895-1910
Pilgrimage of the
Colored Women’s League of Washington, D.C.
July 1896
The Second Niagara Movement
John Brown Day
Pilgrimage to John Brown’s Fort
August 17, 1906
In memory of Alexander and Mary Murphy, who were
instrumental in the preservation of John Brown’s Fort, and to each generation of their descendents, who have recognizedthe importance of conserving Murphy Farm.
Successive generations of the Murphy family have
welcomed citizens from across the nation to the farm to
reflect upon the historical events that have figured so
prominently in our nation’s history
(go to the main Murphy Farm page)
(go to the main Tour the Harpers Ferry Battlefield page)