Archaeology can either bolster memory and tradition, or contradict the status quo and provide an alternative view of the past. An archaeology of Harpers Ferry's wartime and Victorian eras confronts time-honored historical interpretations of the past (created and perpetuated by such interest groups as historians and the National Park Service) and in so doing allows us to be more inclusive of the town's forgotten histories and provides alternative voices to a past.

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Harpers Ferry: A Place in Time.- Harpers Ferry: A Place in Time.- Occupied Harpers Ferry During the Civil War.- All about Us Was the Wreckage of the Fighting.- A Village of Paupers.- Rebuilding Harpers Ferry after the War.- The Place never Will Be Anything Again.- The Handsomest House in Two Towns.- The Natural Limits of Human Endurance.- A Miserable Mockery of a Home.- The Assassination of Plurality.