Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-10

persons" whereupon he stated that
must one be done by the people on the
day under penalty OF punishment, and
it ended with and I'll haam to mwy
Danner." In 1859 the race track was
opened In conjunction with the fairs,
with gentlemanly betting. 1t Is said
of George WashiSgton that he attend
cd the races, bet moderately. and gen
orally subscribed to tho purses. Tho
old fairs were gay and festive occa-
sions, statesmen and private citizens
gathering together for pleasant recrea-
ton,
KEY HOUSE NOW STORE
On the spot where now Is being built
the north approach of. the new bridge
stands a little shop Hopkins' Hard
ware Store. 1t is aN tnat Is left of the
Francis Scott Key mansion. From this
house went forth his TWO sons who
were killed. one in q duel
One bright morning. the Fourth OF
July in 1898 to the accompaniment OF
the Marine Band. little party OF peo-
pie set out from the Union Hotel on
Bridge Street and proceeded to the
spot where John Quincy Adams, then
president Of the United States, turned
the first spadeful of cartn for the new
waterway to the West, the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, which was completed
in October. 1850. A few days after the
canal was opened the Freeman Raw
don" came down from Cumberland.
where she had started with the Eliza
beth" Southampton" Delaware.
and Ohio all bearing coal, and was
the first to round bend a half mile
above the spot where tho new bridge
now stands. As the boat passed the old
Columbian Foundry at tho bend. Il
salute was fired. Near the end of the
canal bridge WAS built long ago over
Rock Creek, but one stormy night.
while bearing the weight of stage.
it gave way. and driver and horses
were drowned. This gave rise to tho
tradition stlll talked OF in Georgetown
of The Headle,s Man OF X street
Bridge"
There also Is told the story OF Tho
Drummer Boy of Little Falls" who
tried to cross the river at that point
so that he might muster into tho army
in Virginia during the Revolutionary
War. He was drowned. and there arc
those who say that they have heard
the brave little roll of his drum when
night and morning meet
The new structure is OF reinforced
concrete, having seven graceful spans.
The work Is being carried on under tho
supervision of the United States Army
Engineers. 1t was begun in 1917 and IL
is expected that the late fall of 1899
will see It's completion. The deck of
the bridge is to be of ample width to
carry foot passengers. vehicles and
trolleys. and in tho center 1t rises So
feet above tho water at low tide.
What would Major L'Enfant have
said when he stood on the heights and
looked down at tho "Potomack'' had
he seen this majestic structure bridg-
ing the river? Would he have written
his survey, as he did. that from those
heights the view was commendable?
MRS. souTHwoRrHS HOME
II was from those same heights that
Mrs. e. D. r. n. Southworth viewed
the winding Potomac and watched the
Virginia Palisades change from young
and shivering green. thru russell gold.
| to silver white as the seasons passed.
There, in Prospect Cottage, which stili
stands sho watched the growth Of
Georgetown and Washington. writing
her many vivid stories around their
historic personalities and points of in
tercst
During the early days in Georgetown
/ IL was necessary to take the ferry II
one was OF mind 10 cross TO tn.
nsghboring state. or else ride TO tho
Chain Bridge at Little Falls and .fhers
cross three miles above. Later the
Aqueduct Bridge was built on the old
Foundation which was constructed to
carry a canal across to Virginia.
Those times are passed now and the
Ioll reSlOents OF NssoEEeloNn arc But
memories. homes have gone to ruin
and gardens struggled off TO weeds:
still always the Potomac must be
bridged and now. in place of the old
and patient ferry. the swinging Chain
Bridge and the now condemned Aquc-
duct, is being erected this stately
white concrete structure. The grand
and solemn procession which carry our
hero dead to their last resting place At
Arlington will pass over this new
Georgetown Bridge, tho Western Gate
way to the South