Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

ern Virginia. This is the gift of
Thomas Balch, a native of Leesburg.
who became a distinguished interna-
.tional lawyer, 1t has population of
about 1000.
Settled by Quakers.
The second largest town in Loudoun
County is Purcellyille, west of Lees
burg and on the same line of the
Washington & Old Dominion Rail-
road The original settlement was
by Quakers. In 1854 James Dillon
of Bucks County. Pa, built a log
cabin near the present site of the
town. In 1880 Valentine Purcell, for
whom the town is named, established
a country store there. Purcellville
remained a small village through the
Civil War and its greatest develop
ment has come during the last 20
years. 1t was incorporated in 1908.
The town has suffered two bad fires,
each of which nearly wiped it out.
Purcellville has a strategic position
as the center of an exceptionally rich
farming section. 1t has bank,
town hall, four churches, and new
high school. The county school Of
fees are located there.
Waterford, seven miles northwest
of Leesburg on Catoctin Creek, was
first settled by Amos Janney in 1880.
He was surveyor for Lord Fairfax
and built a mill on the site of the
present town. 1t was long known as
Midtown, but the name was changed
to Waterford III Difference to Thomas
Moore, an Irish shoemaker. who was
born in Waterford, Ireland, and who
became its leading citizen. Sentiment
in Waterford during the Civil war
was strongly Union and 1t SUFFERED
considerably from Confederate raids.
Waterford was the birthplace of the
late Emerson Hough. novelist and MIS-
torian. 1t has a population of about
900. with four stores and five churches.
B!uemont Is Railway Terminus.
The present thriving Summer re.
sort of Bluemont, the terminus of the
Washington & Old Dominion Railway,
was formerly known as SnickerSV1lle.
1t lies at the foot of pass through
the Blue Ridge Mountains between
Loudoun and Shenandoah valleys. In
the middle of the eighteenth century
Lord Fairfax sold 5000 acres of land
in the vicinity to George Carter and
John Augustine Washington. In 1853
the latter sold 624 acres to Edward
Smokers. The pass still is known as
Smokers Gap. 1t was through
Snickersville that portion of Brad
docks Army under Sir Peter Halkett
passed on the way to defeat. In 1900
the town was rechristened Bluemont.
1t has several fiourishing Summer
hotels From Bears Den and Ravens
Rock. on the mountain above it. Won
derful views of the valley can be OBJ
tanned. The present population is APP
proximately 200.
Auburn is a strictly farming vii
lage which lies near the northwestern
corner of the Broad Run district on
the Washington & Old Dominion
Railway. 1t IS six miles southeast
of Leesburg. Formerly it was known
as Farmwell, but the name was
changed to that of a farm in the
neighborhood owned by DR.. Lee.
who donated the land for railroad
station in 1869. OF late years Ash
burn has been something of a rendez-
voux for Washington fishermen, at
tracted by the bassSin Goose Creek. A
great deal of milk is shipped from this
town to Washington.
Lincoln Is Quaker Center.
Lincoln is the present center of the
Quaker territory, nine miles west of
churches in the town, the Hicksite
and the Orthodox. There also is the
Goose Creek meeting house, the first
Quaker church in the county. The
town now is the center of an inter
esting educational experiment whose
principal development is the Loudoun
County Vocational High School. This
was erected with funds donated locally.
A model five-room cottage has just
been erected for the department of
home economics.
Lovettsville is center for the
German area of the county and lies
in rich agricultural district There
are four churches and an excellent
high school. It's stores do big bust
ness in farm supplies.
Hillsboro is the smallest incorpor-
ated town in the county. 1t lies i'll
gap made by the north branch or
Catoctin Creek as it breaks through
Short Hill. Very ancient Indian trails
led through the village and the gap
served as a passageway for various
pioneer movements. 1t is the trad
ing center for a large and fertile area
of the county which lies between the
Blue Ridge and Short Hill.
Round Hiss Is Resort.
Round Hill long was the second
largest town in the county until it
was outranked in recent years by
Purcellville. 1t is three miles east
of the Blue Ridge and derives its
name from nearby conical hill The
town has become a popular Summer
resort. It has four churches. an ex-
cellent high school, bank and sew
eral stores. 1t is a favored residential
town for retired farmers.
Hamilton, with a population OF
about 800, is located near the geo. ,
graphical center of Loudoun County.
1t is named for man named Ham
ilton who opened a general store on
the site early in the nineteenth CEN |
fury. The town was incorporated in
1875. 1t has a thriving bank, post |
Office and three churches.
The historic old town Of Middleburg,