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    Montgomery County
    Montgomery County
    Montgomery County
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    Montgomery County

    By Michael Dwyer

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    Nicknamed the "Gateway to the Nation's Capital," Montgomery County is home to a number of federal agencies and a highly educated and affluent population that has grown increasingly diverse in recent years. Established in 1776, Montgomery County now consists of urban centers like Bethesda and Silver Spring; suburban neighborhoods like Wheaton, Germantown, and Potomac; and scenic rolling farmland interspersed with historic villages, like Brookeville and Barnesville. An additional 50,000 acres of federal, state, and county parkland provide numerous recreational opportunities for its residents.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439633496
    Montgomery County
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    Michael Dwyer

    Author Michael Dwyer is a lifelong resident of the county who has always been intrigued by its history and historic sites. As the first historian hired by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission more than 30 years ago, he conducted a comprehensive survey of historic resources during the early to mid-1970s. The introductory chapters present a rare visual record of Montgomery County�s early development, while Dwyer�s photographs document changes that the county has experienced, particularly the transition from its rural past. Despite the loss of a number of these landmarks, many still remain due to citizens� protective interest in their unique county.

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      Montgomery County - Michael Dwyer

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      INTRODUCTION

      As a young man, the author experienced the joys of rural Montgomery County while growing up in its post–World War II subdivisions. Saturday morning visits to Sandy Spring with his father were followed by trips with his mother to the old swimming hole at Kemp Mill. Later on he worked at Bowie Hill Farm and the old Washington Polo Club, both located on Georgia Avenue at the time.

      Undoubtedly these experiences whetted his appetite for more local history. So upon graduation from college he sought employment with the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission and became the county’s first official historian. Almost immediately, he was drafted to conduct a survey of historic resources in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, as no comprehensive inventory was available.

      The survey brought him to areas of the county he did not know existed. He encountered a great diversity of people and places along the way. As he realized the county was changing rapidly, he endeavored to record the passing scene for posterity. The photographs in this book are a result of seeking rare or unpublished images over the years and are supplemented by the author’s own photographs taken during the 1970s. Particular emphasis was paid to structures and scenes that were perhaps not the most elegant but rather the ordinary places often overlooked.

      Although he sought to include as widespread a geographic distribution as possible, undoubtedly some areas and subjects will not receive extensive coverage (e.g. Rockville, Chevy Chase, and Gaithersburg), as they are well documented in other publications. The author’s primary goal was to give the reader a view of the rural roots of the county and celebrate the third century of this heritage, although we are now in fact three counties... urban, suburban, and rural. With this in mind, the author’s hope is that he can elicit an appreciation for this wonderful county by all who live here.

      Michael Dwyer

      2006

      Special Note: The proceeds of this publication are dedicated to the Friends of the Agricultural History Farm Park in memory of the late Mike Roth and the dedicated volunteers who give so generously of their time.

      MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAP. Consisting of approximately 500 square miles on the northwestern border of Washington, D.C., Montgomery County is deemed one of the nation’s most-favored suburbs. While Maryland Route 355, or Wisconsin Avenue, is the county’s historic main street, it is paralleled today by Route I-270, a thriving technology corridor. (Montgomery County, Maryland.)

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      SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

      NATURAL FEATURES DEFINE THE COUNTY’S BOUNDARIES. The county was established in 1776 beginning at the east side of the Mouth of Rock Creek on Potomac River and running with the said River to the Mouth of Monocacy, then with a straight line to Parr’s Spring, from thence with lines of the County along the Patuxent River. (Quote: Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1776. Image: Library of Congress.)

      NATIVE AMERICANS WERE THE COUNTY’S FIRST OCCUPANTS. Prehistoric tribes hunted along stream valleys and utilized rock shelters like this one beside Northwest Branch. Along the upper Potomac River, they lived in palisaded villages, but they had moved on by the time the first white settlers arrived in the late 17th century. (Author photograph.)

      THE POTOMAC RIVER FROM BLOCKHOUSE POINT. Montgomery County’s history is closely linked to this great national waterway. The early explorers and advocates of a Potomac route to the west included Capt. John Smith in 1608, Henry Fleet in 1624, Baron von Graffenreid in 1711, and most especially George Washington, who explored its headwaters and tirelessly promoted navigational improvements. (Author Photograph.)

      GEORGETOWN ON POTOMAC AT THE MOUTH OF ROCK CREEK. Once part of Montgomery County, this busy seaport was founded at the head of navigation and was the site of the tobacco inspection warehouse near the terminus of several rolling roads where the crop was wheeled to market in wooden barrels called hogsheads. (Library of Congress.)

      OLD MAGRUDER FARM, BUSSARD FARM, DERWOOD. Scottish settlers like Nathan Magruder moved up from Southern Maryland and established tobacco plantations during the 18th century. The Magruders eventually shifted to growing wheat and grain, at which time the farm was named Waveland. In the 19th century, they were followed by the Bussard family, pictured here with their tenant farmers, the Finneyfrocks. The farm is now the county’s Agricultural History Farm Park. (Bussard family photograph.)

      TOBACCO USED SLAVE LABOR. A slave purchased by Nathan Magruder was described as handy with a hoe and an axe. A traveler passing through the county in the 1790s noted "the fields are overspread with little hillocks for the reception of tobacco

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