Month: July 1976
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The Origins of Lovettsville’s Oktoberfest, by Jean S. Mohler (1976)
“It was felt by the Lovettsville Bicentennial Committee, when planning an activity for the fall of 1976, that since Lovettsville was settled by Germans in the 1730s, it would enrich…
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The Lovettsville Midtown Fire of 1923, by Yetive Weatherly (1976)
[Excerpted from the book “Lovettsville, The German Settlement” by Yetive Weatherly, published in 1976] In 1923, Robert Grubb’s general store, located in midtown Lovettsville on the corner of Broadway and…
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Bicentennial Committee Writes History Book About Lovettsville (1976)
From the Introduction to the Book “Lovettsville, The German Settlement,” edited by Yetive Weatherly Like other communities all over the United States, our community in Lovettsville is presenting the…
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“Lovettsville Had Zoning Laws, Sunday Laws in 1842” by Laura A. Potterfield (1976)
Interest in Loudoun County, Virginia history has been running high these days, especially around Lovettsville, where last week the Home Demonstration Club, in support of the Bicentennial, sold more pins,…