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From the Brunswick Citizen: Worst Flood In History Sweeps Potomac Valley (1936)
Town of Brunswick Escapes With Comparatively Slight Damages, But B&O Railroad Suffers Heavy Losses From Water Which Covered Yards.Reprinted from The Brunswick Citizen, May 5 & 12 & 19, 1983…
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Three Buildings Destroyed In Big Lovettsville Fire (9-10-1923)
Loss of $20,000 Sustained in Midnight Blaze in Virginia Town Family Flees From Apartment to Safety Brunswick Fire Engine Saves Little Town From Total Destruction — The Frederick Maryland…
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VIDEO: Down the Old Potomac On the C&O Canal; A Thomas Edison Film (1917)
Down the Old Potomac On the C&O Canal; A Thomas Edison Film (1917) This silent, black & white film from 1917 gives a rare glimpse of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal,…
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“The Pennsylvania Germans in Loudoun County, Virginia” (1908)
“The Pennsylvania Germans in Loudoun County, Virginia,” by Briscoe Goodhart. A chapter excerpted from The Pennsylvania German, Volume 9, A Popular Magazine of Biography, History, Genealogy, Folklore, Literature, Etc., dated…
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The History of Pennsylvania Germans in Loudoun County, Virginia (1908)
[Source: “The Pennsylvania German”, Volume 9 by Philip Columbs Croll, Henry Addison Schuler, Howard Wiegner Kriebel; March 1908] The first white people to locate in Loudoun County, Virginia, as actual…
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Book: “The German Settlement” by Briscoe Goodhart (1900)
“The German Settlement,” by Goodhart, Briscoe. [from old catalog], Published 1900, PDF download: 1900-the-german-settlement-book-by-briscoe-goodhart . Download other formats at: https://archive.org/details/germansettlement00good . Publisher [Hamilton, Loudoun telephone office Pages 68 Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language English Call number 7254536 Digitizing sponsor Sloan…
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1863 Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] Counties, Virginia (1863)
Cropped detail of the area of Lovettsville, Virginia and environs from the Civil War map titled “1863 Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] Counties, Virginia, By order of Lt. Col.…