Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-12

Capitol street bridge is surveyed through here,
and. IN the event OF the building of the bridge.
the road will be thoroughly repaired. public
highway through here is much needed
Reaching the summit Of Bald Eagle Hill,
aorth of the stream, which is 17s feet above
the level OF the river, a fine view is presented.
Looking south you Zee the old Oxon Hill man.
sion To the west and north the river. Alexan-
dria, Fairfax Seminary, the virginian hills and
the Giesboro' lowlands pass before the eye. Old
Fort Greble occupied this hill during wartime,
but there are no traces Of it visible from the
road today.
Oxon Run bay is at the foot of this hill, and
the District line runs through it.
You soon pass on the left the road leading to
Bellevue magazine on the river. A hundred
yards on this road il worth taking for the view
that is presented Of the Virginia side of the
Potomac. There is also a good view looking
eastward from the mouth of this road.
Not tar from here the mouth Of Livingston
road Is passed on the right.
THE oiEsBoRo' Road.
Now, moving along Nichols avenue, which
was Travelled in the preceding excursion, three
quarters of mile brings you &c the GeAboro'
| road Two gate posts mark the entrance to
| this road. The point is well wo-th visit Down
there at the mouth OF the Anacostia, opposite
Greenleafs Point (old arsenal grounds), once
stood the old George Washington Young man.
sion which was choice country seat
in old times. 1t was built by the Addisons, a
wel-known Maryland family, many genera
tons ago, but was bought by Mr.. Young from
man named Shalt in 1882 At the
beginning of the late war Mr.. Young moved
from here to Nonsuch, over the Suitland
road, the government taking possession OF
Geisboro, which was used as a cavalry rendez-
vous until the end Of The strife. For many
years after the war the place was pleasure
resort under various names. About two years
ago the old house was destroyed by fire.
There Is now no regular ferry operated be-
tween Giesboro and Greenleafs Point, but one
can usually secure passage in a small craft.
The great need of Ii bridge across the Ana
costa at this point must be apparent to every
one who visits this section.
With the exception Of the Giesboro' road the
roads of this excursion are good in the main.
Inc road named, in the vicinity of OXon run,
Is impossible Ter vehicles In ordinary weather
person on horseback or afoot will find no
trouble In traversing it.
ERRArA.
With this tramp ends the Roadside
Sketches, tho circle around Washington be ing
completed. In preparing them for THE STAR
the matter Of accuracy in regard to statements
OF fact was treated rs of the very first i'm
portancs and no effort spared to secure
such accuracy But in such series of publ
months and embracing such a large area of
country, 1t would not be surprising if errors
occurred, especially when depending OF. in
formation obtained from so many human.
sources The mistakes made that have been
brought to my notice were few in number and
comparatively unimportant in their nature.
However, couple of errors have been r--
ported which, / think ought to be corrected
here. In the excursion of last week II was
stated that Enoch Tucker, who once owned the
site OF the town Of Anacostia, was ''boss black
smith In the navy yard l am informed by a
son Of Mr.. Tucker, Capt. F. A. Tucker of Wash
lngton. that this is a mistake and that instead
OF being employed as stated his father was n
merchant taiiCr, doing business on Pennsyiva-
MA avenue northwest near 9th street. under
Browns Hotel (now the Metropolitan, under
the firm name of Tucker 4 Thompson. The
error arose from the fact that my informant
got the fuckers mixed.
The other error referred to relates to facts
about "Nonsuch," the old home of the Youngs
on the Suitland road em now Informed that
the present owners of the old place are Mrs.
Washington A. Young and her nephew, Mr.. H
Young, and that the place was named after the
estate OF the Earl of Leicester.
In regard to the claim of Mr. George W
Perkins, published in The STAR of the 7th in
stant concerning the oldest house in Anacostia,
L would say that there is a difference OF opinion
among the older citizens of the town on that
point MIR. Perkins may be right.
GEORGE SIMMONS