Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20
IRON the budding days OF
4 spring until the late summer
flowers were in bloom and
the greenery Of the trees be-

burg ana the ALEXANDRIA and Lees.
burg turnpikes and scores Of the old
roads connecting those venerable
and historic highways or branching
OF from them In many directions. He
obeyed the call Of each Of those old
roads whenever he thought It might
lead him to Z historic Virginia
homestead. ruined mill. gray.
age-worn church or any other OBJ
sect Of sufficient interest to form the
subject Of story. A countless. or
ut least an uncounted. number OF
trails were followed through woods
and fields.
Naturally. that wide section Of coun.
try divided itself into tho valleys Of
streams or runs. 40 streams which
are moro than branches and less than
rivers are generally called in this
region. The Sunday trips carried him
up, down and across Scots rum
Prospect EHn Bull Neck s%aa s1 psn rum
Wolf Trap run, Colvin run, Sugarland
run, Cabin branch and through the
villages Of Langley. Lewinsville,
Mclean, Tysons Crossroads. Ash
Grove, Kenmore. Forestviile. Surfing
Val0s OEAu06Vl4A0S A|hyUVAAA0s oSOAAAnO
and. Of course, that important VII.
lage which approaches the size Of q
small city. Herndon.
Then q rainy Sunday interviewed and
the Rambler. turning aside from his
program. made this expl s,nat,0t. "a
Rambler's plans, Just as 1t does the
plans Of more important persons: It
was one Of those Sundays two or three
weeks ago which deferred him from
following tho line Of march which has
already carried him I'M. pretty rsHion wen yea
many neighborhoods In Fairfax and
hoped would lead him through that
district Of Loudoun county. OF which
Goose creek 10 the principal topo.
graphic feature But w wnen 81
trudging along muddy. roads ana
through dripping underbrush is not
alluring, ana on that particular day ne
took . walk on the gray concrete
pavement OF the oity instead Of over
f lana: :' y 4. ' oa y tho
-.
He turned aside to begin tho story
Of Marcia Burnes. "the heiress OF
washington" and her family. and that
story required more time. more pa
thence ana more chapters in its de-
velopmsnt than at the beginning
seemed likely. and even after the
seventh chapter the Rambler laid 1t
aside unfinished, to resume his wan
dering whore he left on In Loudoun
county.
river fourteen miles west by norm OF
NC~NN
creek and extending TO- the Maryland
side Of the Potomac, which is there q
quarter Of q mile wide. is historic
institution called Edwards ferry. 9
place which figures often and
prominently In the annals OF the CIVIL
the Virginia side Of the river with
the Maryland road. which roughly
parallels the river at distance from
1t varying from quarter OF a mile
to a mile. and which leads from
the historic crossing places Of the
upper Potomac. 1t also connects with
q road which leads northeast from
the river to Poolesville and which
there connects with a main east-and-
Jamestown. Dawsonville. Poolesville
and Martinsburg, and from which road
branch many byways and highways
which would lead q traveller to any
point in the United States north Of
the Potomac river.
Goose creek 10 the largest Virginia
stream which enters the Potomac be-
tween Washington and the Shenan-
doah river. From the Maryland side
no stream as large as Goose creek
enters the Potomac between Wash
ington and the Monocacy. though
Seneca creek at its mouth is very
nearly as wide as Goose creek. Tho
main wagon and automobile road be.
tween Washin gton and the Blue Ridge
dria-Leesburg pike. crosses Goose
creek two miles above its mouth, and
the scenery there compels the admira-
ton Of all travellers who have an eye
for such things.
The creek is born at the base Of the
Blue Ridge and on the watershed
which divides the how OF streams east
and north into the upper Potomac and
those that fall into Bull run. which
ters the Potomac below Mount Vernon
and Belvoir.
Flowing generally eastward Goose
creek passes numerous villages.
breaks Its way through Hogback
mountain. which Is q part Of the
Catoctin range; passes the town Of
Oatlands and then winds and loops
like a blue ribbon across the map, or
q green to muddy yellow artery across
the landscape. until 1t Joins the Po-
tomac. The water of Goose creek.
flows under the Potomac bridges at
Warrington. and in every glass or
water which Washingtonians drink
there is q certain percentage Of Goose
Creek water. In itS course from the
Blue Ridge to the Potomac this wa