Mary Barnes and Samuel Cabell
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French Creek Freddie
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John Nuttall
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Jim Foglesong
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Emily Calandrelli
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Riley Moore
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John Brown's Legacy
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John Brown's Fort
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Frederick Douglass's John Brown Speech
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John Brown's Execution
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Located opposite the mouth of Meadow River, 12 miles south of Summersville, this 156-acre park encompasses the Carnifex Ferry Civil War battlefield. Here, on September 10, 1861, Union forces led by Gen. William S. Rosecrans defeated Gen. John B. F...
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