Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . nia by the stories of ilsmany advantages as a place for European settlement, found no region of its vast andvaried territory more inviting than that which borders the river Occoquan. Itstimber of every needed variety for the construction of habitations, boats and allother economic appliances of civilized life was abundant and everywhere its lands,agreeably diversified by hill and vale, were naturally fertile and easy of tillage:peren
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . nia by the stories of ilsmany advantages as a place for European settlement, found no region of its vast andvaried territory more inviting than that which borders the river Occoquan. Itstimber of every needed variety for the construction of habitations, boats and allother economic appliances of civilized life was abundant and everywhere its lands,agreeably diversified by hill and vale, were naturally fertile and easy of tillage:perennial springs gushed profusely from every hillside, and the river was deep andcapacious enough for seagoing vessels. Most prominent of all the attractions wasthat of the transparency of the atmosphere to the new comer from over the seas, andafter his experiences with, the dense and gloomier airs of his native land. Almostevery object in the new realm must have been to him a source of wonder and abundant picturesque and grand scenes as met his eyes must have fully com-pensated him for leaving his old English home and making the long and perilous. OLD FERRY OVER THE OCCOQUAN ocean voyage. There was no need to scramble for anything for comfort. Thewoods and the streams and morasses yielded enough for all. As the red man gaveway to his smarter brother, the pale face, and moved to other hunting grounds faraway to the west, Virginia becaAie m truth a garden of luxury and abundance to allwho came with earnest resolves and willing hands to its domains. So early as the year 1650 a few pioneers from the low lands of the Potomac andJames, braving the hardships of the wilderness territory, and risking the hostility ofthe many lurking Indians, who still menaced the peace and lives of the white men, OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 6g built here and there on the far frontiers, their isolated cabins and opened the way forfuture comers. On the Maryland side of the Potomac the tide of civi
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