Along the Potomac
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: December 11, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738503523
Subjects: General; United States - State & Local - General; History; History - General History; History: American
First sentence: Upper Potomac. The survey of 1736 determined the headwaters of the Potomac River to be the spring at the origin of the North Branch, so, technically, the river is the North Branch until it joins with the South Branch just east of Oldtown (named for an aboriginal settlement occupying the site until displaced by the Europeans).