Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-17

Georges ana the parent county OF the
District of Columbia. Many grants
to lands now within the District of
Columbia and the limits of Washing
ton dated prior to 1885. describe these
tracts as lying in the county Of
Charles
The northwest boundary of Prince
Georges runs in a line from the Dis
trict of Columbia near Takoma to
the upper Patuxent river, a distance
of about thirteen miles, and the
county on the other side of the line
is Montgomery. The approximate land
area of Prince Georges is about 4S2
square miles The water area of the
county the Rambler cannot compute
except very roughly. 1t is consider
able.
X X X X
The county seat is Upper Marl-
boro, fourteen miles southeast of the
Capitol building in an air line, but
about four miles farther by road The
principal towns and settlements in
the county are Laurel, Hyattsville,
Riverdale. Mount Rainier. College
Park, Berwyn, Branchville, Beltsville,
Lakeland, Muirkirk. Tuxedo, Ma
gruder. Landover. Ardwick, Seabrook,
Glendale, Springfield. Sunnyside,
Evansville, Ammendale. Contee, Oak
crest, Mistletoe Springs, Bowie, Brent
wood. Bladensburg. Collington. Multi
kin. Hall, Iceland, Groom, Noting
ham, Aquasco. Horsehead Cedarville,
Baden. Brandywine. Cheltenham.
Chillum. Hynesboro. Brightseat.
WOODWORK. Forestville. Talbert, Ro-
saryville. Suitland, Silver Hill, Camp
Springs, Clinton. T. B.. Westphalia,
Hardesty. Largo. Meadows, Wood
yard, Tippet. Sharperville. Oxon Hill,
New Glatz. Friendly. Piscataway, Ac-
cokeek, Pennington. McKendree,
North Keyes. Lanham, Trueman
Point, Chesapeake Junction and Seat
Pleasant. So satisfactory is the
growth and development of the
county that new subdivisions and set
Elements come into existence each
year. There lies before the Rambler
a booklet called "Gazateer of the
State of Maryland" compiled by DR..
X. S. Fisher and published at New
York in 1852. All that it contains
about Prince Georges county follows:
The great thoroughfare Of Prince Georges
county is the Washington Branch railroad,
which traverses the northwest part and be-
sides this there are several good post roads,
Its extensive river borders affords outlets for
Its products seward. Upper Marlboro Is the
county seat Of justice and the following arc
the villages and post Offices: Aquasco, BELTS
vile, Bladensburg, Brandywine, Buena Vista,
Fort Washington, Good Luck. Horse Head,
Laurel Factory, Long Oldfeids, Motif ngham,
Piscataway and Queen Anne.
Last Sunday the Rambler, walking
eastward. crossed the line dividing
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties, and after a quiet stroll along
Quieter roads through country of
green and fruitful beauty came to
that broad valley down which Indian
creek flows from north to south. Along
the lower part Of the course OF this
creek 1t becomes the Eastern branch,
or at least lends it's waters to the
formation OF that river. The Rambler
cannot put his finger on that spot I'M
less 1t be the junction of the creek
and Northwest branch at the south
side Of Hyattsville and the upper edge
of Bladensburg. He knows that the
larger stream, flowing along the east
side Of Hyattsville and Rivertiale. is
called Eastern branch, but he also