User:KArch/Jefferson Rock



Jefferson Rock is a shale outcropping located in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The landmark was named for Thomas Jefferson, who once stood upon the rock and would later proclaim "this scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic."

Geology
The "Harpers Formation", of which Jefferson Rock is comprised, dates back to the Cambrian period and consists of heavily deformed phyllitic shale, metasiltstone, and metasandstone from the shallow water sediment from the ancient Iapetus Ocean.

Related images:
 * Image:Jefferson Rock, tourist.jpg
 * Image:Jefferson Rock, Beyer.jpg
 * Image:Jefferson Rock, Latrobe.jpg
 * Image:Jacob1207a.jpg

To do:
 * geology
 * history
 * Thomas Jefferson visit
 * vandalism
 * references
 * external links


 * images
 * appalachian trail
 * sandstone supports
 * steps to Jefferson Rock

Other notes:
 * Jefferson Rock offers a sweeping view of the place where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

Various links:
 * Google search - Harpers Formation
 * Cambrian geological period
 * Google search - Phyllitic shale
 * Phyllite
 * Shale
 * NPS - Bill Clinton at Harpers Ferry
 * NPS - Images of Bill Clinton and Al Gore at Harpers Ferry
 * Chester Watts - composition of Jefferson Rock
 * NPS - Jefferson at Harpers Ferry
 * Book by Thomas Jefferson
 * Footnote using Jefferson's book
 * Appalachian Trail Conservancy
 * Contacting ATC
 * ATC image of Clinton and Gore
 * Vandalism of rock
 * Vandalism of rock removed
 * Geology of Jefferson Rock and Harpers Formation
 * Unhighlighted Geology of Jefferson Rock and Harpers Formation
 * Google search - Harpers shale

Other rocks:
 * Glover's Rock
 * Jug Rock
 * Plymouth Rock


 * Boilerplate request for permission
 * Successful requests for permission
 * Confirmation of permission
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS

(other: mark wood, wings, replies)