Evening star., 1918-08-04


donn and goes on to the Potomac,
which It enters In Loudoun county g
trifle more than three miles nortn OF
the bridge.
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"sugarland" seems . strange name
to put upon q stream In this latitude
The tradition is that sugar naples
grew along It's course and that sugar
was obtained from their sap. The ira.
ditiou In plausible. Perhaps the IN
dams obtained sweets IN this way.
The sugar MAPLE" rock maple" ana
"bird's-eye maple are a<North Ameri.
can species Of the genus "Acer'"
which includes about sixty species na:
tive to Europe, North America ana
Asia, especially the Hin1alayas. China
and Japan. Sugar has been obtained
from ssyersi s.Csns sPsS,es tnsSs Even aroHs the the
"Sycamore maple" sometimes called
"tie great maple,h and 1t is said that
from this tree has been had an ounce
Of sugar froa q quart OF sap ana tnat
ianders madS a potent wine. It may
ave been the Indians who suggested to
the whites that this was Sugarland
run, or it may be that some OLD eettles
Of whom no ths roek as maple
growing along the low. wet course Of
the big branch. He knew the tree and
the use to which its sap could be put.
Hence the name suEaTlan&d & run. Hativs Native
along branches in that part Of VIZ
ginia, but the people find 1t very much
easier to buy sugar at the store TRAN 70
tap the trees and boil the sap until 1t
':Sugarland" is also the name Of .
,eighborhood in Montgomery county,
Md, two miles north OF the Potomac
river and about three miles north and
vest Of the point where sasa.iand run na
Sugarland Is five miles west in an air
line from Darnestown and three miles
west Of Seneca creek II one cares to
pursue this subject he viii ind Sugar
or Sugarland in nearly every state In
the United States in which no sugar Is
made. A dominant mark Of the land.
scape Of the country in which the
Rambler has been walking is Sugar.
which Is in Frederick county. Md.
about q mile west Of the Montgomery
county line. 1t Is q detached noun.
tain far separated from any other hill
a sufficient height to dominate the
country for many miles around. It Is
visible in clear weather from the ridge
upon which the American University
stands. from points adjacent to Ten.
Sligo. Burnt Mills. White Oak. Coles
ville,> Wheai1n. Norbeck. Oakdale. Nor
wood. Olney, Sandy Spring. Ashton and
other places north Of Warrington
cause the big dome at the south end
Of the mountain bears q fanciful re.
eemblance to an old-fashioned loaf"
of sugar. Loaf" sugar used to be
nodded In the form Of q true cone
and sometimes In the form Of . cone
with a rounded top. Nearly every
States has b sugarloaf mountain,
and thEe are as many Of these noun.
tains as there are places called
Lovers Lane" Lovers Leap
Snake Dem"
The region drained by Sugarland
run and Its tributaries Is often called
''the Redlands." This 10 because Of
the color Of the soil. There are vari-
Gus other red land districts in Mary
land and Virginia. but this Of the
Sugartand run country is noteworthy
limestone country to the west Of II
IL quite sharp. Hundreds Of thou
sands, perhaps millions, Of years ago.
when the seas which covered this
Part of the world had receded, tho
Euxarland country was red rock.
q
It was . brown-red sandstone de-
posited by the seas during ages tina.
no man can reckon. Being deposited
by the seas, II is called one Of the
sedimentary rocks. In II are found the
FOSSIL remains Of creatures that hved
at that time. which was cons before
forms became locked In the wet red
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