John Brown Farm State Historic Site

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Location: On John Brown Road, off Route 73, 2 miles south of Lake Placid.
Facilities: Historic house, picnic ares, trails, scenic views.
Activities: Guided and self-guided tours, reenactments, hiking, cross-country skiing.
Special Features: Site preserves the home and grave of abolitionist John Brown. On October 16, 1859, Brown and his followers assaulted the US Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, planning to use the captured arms for the liberation of the slaves in the South. Brown was captured and tried, then hanged on December 2, 1859.
Address: 2 John Brown Rd
Lake Placid, NY 12946
Phone: 518-523-3900;
Web: www.nysparks.com/sites/info.asp?siteID=14
Size: 270 acres.

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No references found			Two miles to the south on State Route 73, and three-quarters of a mile south on John Brown Road, is John Brown Farm State Historic Site. Lake Placid by Morrison, Wilburf H. / Adirondacks & Catskills Adventure Guide			John Ambrose Fleming John Amos Comenius John and Michael Banim John Arbuthnot Fisher John Arthur Gielgud John Atanasoff John Atkinson Hobson John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor John Bach McMaster John Ball John Baptist de la Salle, Saint John Bardeen John Barrymore John Barton John Bates Clark John Beaver Marks John Bell John Bellers John Birch Society John Biscoe John Bosco, Saint John Boyd Thacher State Park John Boynton Priestley John Broadus Watson John Brown John Brown Farm State Historic Site John Brown's Body John Bryan State Park John Bull John Bunyan John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burns John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site John Byron John Calvin John Carew Eccles John Carter Brown Library John Christian Watson John Chrysostom John Chrysostom, Saint John Clarke Slater John Clerk John Climacus John Climax, Saint John Colet John Constable John Cornford John Cowdery Kendrew John Crerar Library John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. MacArthur Beach State Park			John Bishop Charitable Trust John Blair John Blanche Memorial Soccer Complex John Blow John Bockelson John Bockold John Boothe John Bordley Rawls John Bordley Rawls John Bosco, Saint John Bowne High School John Boyd Thacher State Park John Boyd Thatcher Park John Boyle John Boynton Priestley John Bradford Sam Harding John Bradshaw Leyfield John Braithwaite Community Centre John Breckenridge John Bright John Broadus Watson John Broadus Watson John Brown John Brown John Brown John Brown (disambiguation) John Brown (disambiguation) John Brown Anti-Klan Committee John Brown Citrus Publishing John Brown Farm State Historic Site John Brown Hydrocarbons John Brown South Africa John Brown University John Brown's Army John Brown's Baby John Brown's Body John Brown's Tractor John Browning John Bruton John Bryan State Park John Bryan State Park John Bryan State Park Observatory John Buchan John Bull John Bull John Bull John Bullism John Bunyan John Bunyan John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burgoyne John Burgoyne John Burgoyne's Surrender Day John Buridan John Burke John burke krasinski John Burns John Burns Real Estate Consulting

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