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John Brown Raid

Franklin County · dedicated 1947 · PA 233, 1 mile E of Mont Alto, across from PSU campus, just W of entrance

Captain John Cooke, one of Brown's followers, was captured near here on Oct. 25, 1859, nine days after the raid on Harper's Ferry. He was hanged December 16, two weeks after John Brown.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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