Mount Rainier / Bryan Knedler and Jimmy Tarlau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knedler, Bryan, author.

Tarlau, Jimmy, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mount Rainier (Md.)--History--Pictorial works.

Mount Rainier (Md.).

Mount Rainier (Md.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Mount Rainier (Md.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Mount Rainier began its history as an incorporated town in 1910 with the merging of several subdivisions that straddled Bunker Hill Road, a major route between the ports of Georgetown and Bladensburg. Before the Civil War, Thomas and Anna Clemson owned a 100-acre farm fronting that important road. Their family letters provide some of the earliest writings about the area. In 1891, Elizabeth and Estcourt Sawyer purchased the Clemson farm and named their subdivision Mount Rainier. In 1899, the real estate became especially attractive to commuters when the District of Columbia's streetcar system was extended through the heart of the present-day city; the route, now known as Rhode Island Avenue, later became part of US Route 1.

Contents:

A streetcar suburb's early years

The roaring twenties and the Great Depression

World War II and the baby boom

Mid-life crisis

Debates and decisions, new direction

City on the move.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781439656860

143965686X