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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CLJ_floods-at-great-falls_McLean-VA.html
Floods at Great Falls. The high-water marks seem hard to believe, but powerful Potomac River waters sometimes cover this area. How can that happen? High water occurs at least once a year when all the rocks in the falls are covered. Floods occur ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CIG_patowmack-canal_McLean-VA.html
Patowmack Canal. George Washington had a marvelous idea—turn the Potomac River into a navigable waterway linking the East Coast with the Ohio River Valley. To do so, the Patowmack Company, which he helped form, dredged portions of the riverb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CIF_old-georgetown-pike-ancient-indian-trail_McLean-VA.html
Old Georgetown Pike Ancient Indian Trail. Old Georgetown Pike Ancient Indian Trail Reputedly traveled by Captain John Smith
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9V_mather-gorge-historical_McLean-VA.html
This mighty chasm, carved by the
Potomac River, below Great Falls
is dedicated and named
in memory of
Stephen T. Mather
July 4, 1867 - January 22, 1930
With untiring enthusiasm for the National Park Idea, he served as first director of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXC3_the-patowmack-canal_McLean-VA.html
The shallow ditch behind this sign marks the bed of the Great Falls portion of the Patowmack Canal. A system of by-passes to provide riverboats easy passage around waterfalls in the Potomac River; it was promoted by George Washington, and built be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEA_burling-defenders_McLean-VA.html
On July 16, 1970 — two days after county residents voted to raise their own taxes to buy this land — bulldozers began uprooting trees to replace this forest with 309 houses. The development plan failed because of a fight waged by hundr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37V_odricks-corner_McLean-VA.html
In 1872 Alfred Odrick, a former slave and carpenter, purchased 30 acres and built a house on the south side of Lewinsville Road, later intersected by Spring Hill Road to form Odrick's Corner. By 1879 a one-room schoolhouse, Odrick's School, had be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QZ_a-globally-rare-environment_McLean-VA.html
The Potomac River Gorge
"In more than twenty-five years of field work, I have not seen another site with a comparable diversity of land forms, plants, and natural communities."-Gary Fleming, Ecologist, Virginia DCR
Look around you. Have you …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QY_river-of-change_McLean-VA.html
The Potomac River begins as a small spring near Fairfax Stone, West Virginia. Like a giant funnel it gathers water from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia as it travels 383 miles to the Chesapeake Bay.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPV_the-patowmack-canal_McLean-VA.html
1785-1828
This canal, skirting the 76-foot drop of the Great Falls of the Potomac, was the most demanding and complex of the five canals built by the Patowmack Company.
The company was founded by George Washington on May 17, 1785 to improve…