The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-03

feet high. has grown UP so close to the
stone as to seriously endanger IT, in
order 20 preserve the stone the tree
should be cut down. AS on all the Fir-
GINA stones, the date Is 1871. Two mag
nihccnt oak trees. each three or four feet
In diameter, mark the entrance 20 the
country road on which the stone IS stu
ated.
Turning at right angles at this point
the line Of the District runs n0rtawester-
ly TO and across the Potomac River. at
which point the Jurisdiction of Virginia
ends
The first stone on this Iine-'N. w. No.
islands in the heart of a grove Of giant
chesnuts. on land owned by Mr.. James
Anderson, and occupied by Mr.. Frank
CrimmiHs.
It is considerably broken at tho top. the
date being entirely destroyed It is
marked 81 mile, while the first one on
the northeast liuc, I'm Hon. Blair Lees
feld. near Silver Spring. is marked
Mile T. and the FIRST one on the south
east line. near Capitol Heights. ID. G., is
marked Miles J."
N W No ." stands I'm the edge OF the
woods on land belonging to the James
Payne estate. at the top of a deep cut
ting through which the Old Dominion
and Great Falls Railroad passes, near
the station known as Cations It is in poor
condition, being badly shattered. both on
its edges and top. We note here the use
of italics i'm the words "of the which.
with one or two exceptions, is continued
thereafter. On the stone prior TO this
these words are in small Roman capitals
N. W. No. 3" stands on n sloping hillside
On the midst of thick wood. Mr. Mar
Gus Baker says that Tin 1850 1T was brol1-
Ell of below the ground and the top was
lying on the ground some p feet away
from the base" To-day the stone is erect
and in proper position A cart load Of
good-sized stones placed around the base
Of the stone would seem 10 indicate the
truth OF his statement as 10 the stone be-
ing broken. Mr.. John Langton, store
keeper near Walkers Chapel. says that
the stone was broken off by the Federal
army wagons during the civil war and
this seems probable.
In order 10 find solid ground it was car
ried forward fourteen rods, or poles, be-
yond the mile end. and we find the stone
marked three miles ana fourteen poles.
It is on land of Henry c. Strohman,
and it is the last stone set in Virginia
soil. and marks the end of our tramp
for the milestoncs.
From this point the limo continues to
and across the Potomac River, crossing it
q half mile above Chain Bridge. Fort
Ethan Allen, one of the largest of the
Federal forts. erected in September, 1861
by Gen. Badly Smiths division, is a
short distance east Of the stone.
The line which we have thus traversed
and pictured begins at Jones Point light
house, on the extreme southwesterly point
of land below Alexandria, passes over
Shutters Hill and Braddock Heights, keep
ing for nearly five miles in close pTOx-
unity 10 the Alexandria and Leesburg
turnpike. crosses the Columbia turnpike
near Baileys Crossroads. west Of the
village of Glen Carlyn, over the crown
Of Upton Hill, 40 feet above tidewater
and the highest point OF the entire forty
miles, thence skirting the village of Falls
Church Go the west corner, the most re-
mote point in the District from the Capt.
tol then turning at right angles. passing
through woods and fields TO the Potomac
River.
With two exceptions the stones are all
in poor condition. showing signs of neg
lect since they ceased 20 be the boundary
stones Of the District and one Of these
two has been removed and is lying on
the ground. Two have been broken off
and lost. and one has been broken in two
but restored to place. One is hopelessly