– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – London Town Public House At the end of a small country road in Anne Arundel County, Maryland sits Historic London Town and Gardens. What is now a quiet backwater on the banks of the South River was once a bustling town. The colonial settlement of London Town grew up around the ferry which crossed the river taking...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Rectortown The village of Rectortown is in the quiet rural area of northeastern Fauquier County, Virginia. It was established by an act of the Virginia Assembly in 1772 on land owned by John Rector. It is considered to be the oldest town in Fauquier County. Originally named Maidstone, presumably after the town in...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Long Branch Long Branch is an early 19th-century plantation house in Millwood, Clark County, Virginia. It was built by Robert Carter Burwell. Burwell established Long Branch Plantation around 1790 when he inherited the land from his grandfather. During the early years of the plantation, Burwell lived with his...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Beverley Mill Beverley Mill is the imposing stone structure seen by the thousands of motorist who travel west through Thoroughfare Gap on Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia. The mill was actually threatened by the construction of the highway. A cooperative effort by citizens groups and federal and state highway...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Delaplane Delaplane is a small rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. The village came into being after the building of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1852. Construction of the railroad began the previous year at the junction of the existing Orange and Alexandria Railroad at what became known as Manassas...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Camel Steam Locomotive One of the most unusual looking exhibits at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore is No 305. This is a Camel Steam Locomotive. The name Camel came from the strange arrangement of the engineer’s cab which sat directly atop the boiler. This odd design which became synonymous...
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