Harpers Ferry NHP Social & Economic History of Virginius Island

摘要

This study of the Social and Economic History of Virginius Island has been prepared in accordance with the Historical Resource Study Proposal, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park-H-13. It is a distillation of the valuable information contained in studies previously done by three National Park Service historians and one archiologist. The proximity to water that made Virginius Island so desirable for industrial development ultimately proved its downfall. Periodic flooding eventually drove industry away, destroyed most surface traces of man's work, and left Virginius Island the picturesque ruin we see today.