Evening star., 1920-06-13

Company, and still later as the man
ager of Polls. Sarah became trav-
cling star and the old programs OF
the National Theater, which in the
long ago was called Growers Theater,
would no doubt show that she played
in Washington before and during the
civil war. Sarah and her husband
settled in Brooklyn in 1864. taking
over the management OF the Park
Theater. This excellent actress died
in Brooklyn in 1874.
The Rambler's mind turns back to
Blackistones Island. but the time for
bringing this narrative to it's close
draws near In a previous "ramble'
brief sketch of White Fishing
Shore. which become Colonial Beach,
was given, and since then the Ram
bier has come across something bet
ter relating to that Potomac city. 1t
is a letter which was printed in The
Star Saturday, September 6. 1884. and
was signed J. A. w. A part of that
letter follows:
1.-The land on which Colonial Beach is locat
ed had the Of White Point from the
fact that its shores of white sand Part
of White Point passed in 1897 from the
ownership OF Gen. Harry Lee Light Horse
Harry and other parts from other persons
1t is at present owned by two distinct parties
one. the Colonial Beach Lot Owners Assoc:a-
ton, and the other the Hotel Building Com
their portion OF the land family watering
place which is unique in not being public
resort for excursion parties and IN the land
deeds having a stipulation that no intoxicat-
ing liquors shall he sold on the ground. This
makes the place therefore exclusive from all
persons except lot owners and their friends.
as no building for the public is erected or in
contemplation.
"On the adjoining part of Colonial Beach.
which is owned by the Colonial Reach Hotel
improvement Company, there is now in opera
tion the largest hotel on the Potomac river,
and it has met with great success. From
this point is an extended view up to Cedar
Point and below to blackstone Island. Back
Of the beach is a lake tput down on, the maps
Monroe creek} which Is a beautiful sheet
Of salt water for small sailing craft. From
1t can be had a plentiful supply of fish. oys-
ters and crabs. The emigrant ancestor OF
President Monroe was Major Andrew Monroe
of the Royal Army who came TO this country
about 1850 and had a grant Of land in this
county (Wesfmoreland). and on this land
James Monroe was born in 1853. This tract
covered the creek. whence the name Of Mon
| roe creek and not far from the head Of thi
stream is the old ancestral Site.
Blackstone Island is seventyfiye miles
| from Washington by river. 1t is half a
mile long and a quarter of mile
wide. roughly oval in form. having
its longer axis northwest and south
east. Formerly it was much larger
that is, it was a much larger island
when the Maryland Pilgrims visited
it in 1884. A few centuries before
that it must have been part of the
MARYLAND mainland. 1t lies in St
Marys county and at it's south end
is a lighthouse which, with the lights
at Smith Point. Piney Point, Ragged
Point. Lower Cedar Point, Matthias
Point and Maryland Point. is one OF
the bright and far-ranging ones OF
the Potomac. The visibility of these
lights in normal weather to an OBJ
server fifteen feet above the water
is twelve miles. This range is suf-
ficient because OF the bendings in the
river When the pilot loses sigh,
of one light he picks up another and
is aided along his way by minor
lights, called "beacons.' which are
generally gas buoys. marking shoals
| and the entrances to creeks and bays.
Black kstone Island is half mile
| from the mainland. that being Col
| ton s. at the tip of wide and Jagged
peninsula between the Wicomico river
and st. Clements Bay. The Potomac
where Blackstone Island stands is
I four miles wide but directly east and
| west of the island the river expands
to a width of from six to seven miles
The view of the river reaches twenty
miles northwest and southeast and
the great bays of Breton and st
Clements, and the Wicomico river, and
fifteen miles long and from one and
half to two miles wide. offer to a
man marine vistas of almost sealike
magnitude.