John Brown Raid
Inscription
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.
Location
AddressPA 233, 1 mile E of Mont Alto, across from PSU campus, just W of entrance
CountyFranklin
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates39.840309, -77.544973
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