johnrown, october 16th, 1859, secured aaid that facility. he wanted to getdditional weapons. he figured that slaves fro area would join and that would be the beginning a huge movement. unfortunately him there was a african american killed the first person killed on the raid and the and another people that were from the town and that got the people who were in that area to combat john and try to stop what he was trying to do. john brown is said to have started the very first beginnings of, the civil war. john brown was captured and actually there is a mural is in this exhibit. it's a mural here. it's on the wall. and it shows john with a comrade lying beside of him. these are individuals. the charges against john brown, he was tried for treason and he was later hung. we're currently in the statehood of the museum. this is the area that talks about and discusses reasons for west virginia becoming a state in 1863. western virginia is actually we're looking to become a state much earlier than that and looking at improvements that were not happeni ithe area the inroads in transpor