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"By the River Potomac" : an historic resource study of Fort Hunt Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Mount Vernon, Virginia / prepared by Matthew R. Laird.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Laird, Matthew R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fortification--Virginia--Fairfax County--History.
- Fortification.
- Fort Hunt Park (Va.)--History.
- Fort Hunt Park (Va.).
- Fairfax County (Va.)--History, Local.
- Fairfax County (Va.).
- Virginia--Fairfax County.
- Virginia--Fort Hunt Park.
- Genre:
- Government publications
- History
- Local history
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 146 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Park Service, National Capital Region, [2000]
- Contents:
- Piscataway Neck to Clifton's Neck (6000 B.C.-A.D. 1759)
- George Washington's river farm (1760-1799)
- Slave plantation to Yankee farm (1800-1900)
- "Them crazy soldiers" (1893-1917)
- A new deal for an old fort (1918-1942)
- "P.O. Box 1142" : Fort Hunt in World War II (1939-1945)
- Fort Hunt as public space (1946-2000).
- Notes:
- "August 2000."
- "Prepared for National Park Service, National Capital Region."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-130).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Laird, Matthew R. "By the River Potomac".
- OCLC:
- 430326637
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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