Welcome to the Land Where We Were Dreamin'"

Jefferson County, West Virginia is arguably the most historic rural county in the United States with 100 armed conflicts in the Civil War, the place of John Brown's Raid, and as the ancestral home county of two of George Washington's brothers, assorted nephews and the last three owners of Mt. Vernon. "Country Roads," John Denver's classic, was inspired in part by a visit to Harper's Ferry during a search for the Appalachian Trail. ("Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River" as the song says only describes one county in West Virginia - Jefferson County).

Tours of Harper's Ferry, Charles Town, Shepherdstown, and Antietam National Battlefield

Jim Surkamp Presentations
P. O. Box 1035
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Cell: 304 261 7911 (preferred)
Home: 304 876 1299
Email: surkamp@frontiernet.net

"History is what we forgot to throw away or remembered to keep"

Jefferson County People Through Time: 354 Photos
286 More Photos
363 More Photos
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Copyright, 2003, James T. Surkamp
by permission from the Jefferson County Museum, Dana Spitzer, Jefferson County Society for the Preservation of Black History,Shepherd College, Gordie Clark and family, the Funkhouser family, Margie Blostone, and the Waddy/Hartman families.

The Land Where We Were Dreamin': A People's History of Jefferson County
Copyright, 2002, Jim Surkamp. Cover art, pastel entitled "Harewood" courtesy Diana Suttenfield

Six More Websites by Jim Surkamp
About Jefferson County People
(Design of Funkhouser, Timeline, and Immortal Essence by brenizerdesign.com)
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jimsurkamp.com was created by the candidate as an in-kind contribution.(Public employees disregard) Contact numbers: Jim Surkamp for County Commission, P. O. Box 1035, Shepherdstown, WV 25443; Phone 304 876 1299; Cell phone 304 261 7911; Email: surkamp@frontiernet.net