Evening star., 1927-05-08

surfaced road. 1t is located almost
| in the center of the magisteriaI dis
| trict of the same name, rich farm
ing center. and is becoming an i'm
| portant point in the Washington milk
| district.
! Other villages of some importance
are Burke Station, on the Southern
Railroad in the Lee district, and
Langley, about four miles from Wash
| ington, in the Providence district
| which is experiencing considerable
suburban development.
Oakton. just above Vienna. now is
almost a continuation of that town
and is growing rapidly. In fact. there
| is hardly any point along the pike
| between Chain Bridge and Fairfax
| Court House which is not within sight
/ of cluster of houses.
Part of Culpeper Grant.
Fairfax County was originally part
| of the immense tract of land which
was conveyed to Lord Culpeper by
royal grant from Charles II. BY in
heritance from the original proprietor
| the entire territory passed to Thomas.
sixth lord of Fairfax, in whose honor
the county was named when it was
set aside from Prince William County
! by the House of Burgesses in 1742.
Originally it was bounded by the Pc.
tomac River, Bull Run and Loudoun
County, but in the course of time
Arlington County and the territory
around Alexandria City have been
cut off from it.
The first white men to set foot on
the soil of Fairfax County were Capt.
John Smith and those who accom-
panied him on an exploring expedi-
tion up the Potomac shortly after the
jamestown settlement in 1907. This
expedition went as far as Great
Falls.
The earliest settlements took place
about 1890. but colonization was de-
layed by the frontier struggle known
as the Susquehannock War. The
Fairfax County territory-there were
no very exact boundaries, of course
was occupied by the Doeg tribe of In
dians. Their principal seat was near
Mount Vernon. These Indians in
dispute over a business transaction
killed a man named Pimmitt-for
whom Pimmitt Run, at the end of
Chain Bridge. probably was named
This started war in which the
powerful Susquehannock tribe, with
headquarters in Pennsylvania but
which made trading forays south into
Virginia, joined hands with the
Doegs. The war continued in both
Maryland and Virginia for about a
year. with the final result that the In
dians were driven out. John Wash
ington, ancestor Of George Washing
ton. was in command of the Virginia
troops that took part in the war. At
it's conclusion he became joint owner
wit in af
tract of land which embraces the
present Mount Vernon. Thus the
estate. or a considerable part of it,
became by inheritance the property
of the first President. The first dwell
ing house on Mount Vernon was
built about 1743.
Famous Settlers Came III.
At the end of the Susquehannock
War settlers began to pour into the
territory from Tidewater Virginia.
Among them were such men as
George Mason, ancestor of the builder
of Gunston Hall, and such families as
the Broadwaters, Fftzhues. McCartys.
Hooes, Alexanders. Vests. Dudleys,
Carlyles, Chichesters and others.
BY the outbreak of the Revolution
the territory was well settled with one
of its towns, Alexandria, a fiourishing
river port. On July IS, 1874, there
was mass meeting of the citizens of
the county presided over by George
Washington. which adopted what are
known as the Fairfax resolves. These
resolutions, "a in number, were offered
by George Mason and in general pro-
tested against the treatment of the
colonies by Great Britain, recon-
mended a congress of all the colonies,
and urged non-intercourse with Eng.
land.
Fairfax County contributed it's
quota of troops 70 serve under Wash.