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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.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Laird, Matthew R.
Contributor:
United States. National Park Service. National Capital Region
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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