The Trip to Harper's Ferry

We left home at 7:30 this morning and arrived at our B&B at 7:30 tonight. It was a long day and we were glad to get out of the van. We intended to travel across Ohio about midstate but we followed our GPS and by the time we figured out where it was taking us, we were at the Ohio Turnpike! Not our first choice but we did get to visit Oberlin, Ohio which has a great history with the UGRR and the Civil War. It claims to be the town that started the Civil War. There is a college in Oberlin and the town is very socially minded - now and back in the 1800's. We saw several homes and churches associated with the UGRR and heard many interesting stories. On the college administration lawn they had constructed a very unique monument to the UGRR - as you can see it's a railroad headed underground. Cool huh?

We also saw a mural on the side of a building about the UGRR. Note the singal quilt in the middle.

Besides all these cool sights we also found a very neat fabric store. We went to Olla Mae's Drygoods. It was in the basement of a bank!! The shop was small but packed with cool things. We enjoyed looking around and shopping!!

We are actually staying in Charles Town, WV. The town was founded by George Washington's brother. The B&B we are staying in, "Washington House", was owned by members of Washington's family. It is a 6000 square foot home, we are on the third floor - it's beautiful!

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