A Look Back at Braddock District, Fairfax County, Virginia

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Item #233: Map: Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington

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Published in 1878-1879 by G. M. Hopkins, this atlas mapped communities within a 15-mile radius of Washington, D.C. Separate editions were issued for...

Item #224: Camp Reports: Civilian Conservation Corps No. 2339C Camp

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CCC No. 2399C Camp, also known as Army-3VA Camp, was located at the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County. A racially segregated unit, it was...

Item #223: Map: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Road

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This 1939 map shows the location of the road built by the CCC in the 1930s to provide access to what was then an extensive forest, likely for fire...

Item #219: Essay: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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In a chance conversation with Mary Lipsey, Bill Sheads mentioned the CCC's work in the 1930s in building a road through what was then an extensive...

Item #217: Essay: The CCC Road

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Bill Sheads writes about the road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s to open access to a large forested tract bounded by Old...

Item #214: Rebel Hill, Artist's Drawing

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On March 29, 1962, The Washington Post reported testimony by Mrs. Z. C. Zefteris of Kings Park West about Rebel Hill on Braddock Road to the Fairfax...

Item #210: Slideshow: Rebel Hill

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Rebel Hill, a small but steep hill on Braddock Road near Wakefield Chapel Road, challenged drivers, especially in bad weather, until tamed by highway...

Item #182: Memories: Elizabeth Dove

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Elizabeth Dove remembers Braddock Road in the 1930s, describing the neighborhood, home ownership, and daily...

Item #178: Map: Area Transportation Networks--Roads and Railroads

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Braddock District is served by a mixture of modern and original transportation networks that date back to the 18th and 19th centuries. The document...

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