View of Potomac from Hilltop House and View of Hilltop House from Potomac

Identifier:

006630

Title:

View of Potomac from Hilltop House and View of Hilltop House from Potomac

Date:

undated

Description:

'Amusements--Dancing in a large dance hall, overhanging the cliffs below. Tennis, bass fishing, horseback riding, hiking and motoring over good roads to nearby places of interest. Among these are Antitam battlefield, 15 miles; Charles Town, 8 miles, where John Brown was tried and hung; South Mountain 'the Geo. Alfred Townsend Arch', 10 miles; Frederick, the home of Francis Scott Key and Barbara Frietchie, 19 miles; Braddock Heights, 24 miles; Winchester, 30 miles; Endless Caverns, Luray Caverns and Gettysburg, from 50 to 70 miles. Railroad--On the main line of the B. and O. There are numerous through trains a day for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York; also for Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis. Fifty-six miles from Washington, our nearest large city. T. S. Lovett, Proprietor.'

Subjects:

Cities--Harpers Ferry., Hotels--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry.

Corporate Names:

Hill Top House (Harpers Ferry, W. Va.)

Geographic:

Potomac River.

Acquisition Source:

Johnson, Mary McKendree

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView