Mount Rainier
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439656860
Subjects: Pictorial works; History; Social life and customs; Biography; Manners and customs
Description: Mount Rainier began its history as an incorporated town in 1910 with the merging of several subdivisions that straddled Bunker Hill Road, a major route between the ports of Georgetown and Bladensburg. Before the Civil War, Thomas and Anna Clemson owned a 100-acre farm fronting that important road. Their family letters provide some of the earliest writings about the area. In 1891, Elizabeth and Estcourt Sawyer purchased the Clemson farm and named their subdivision Mount Rainier. In 1899, the real estate became especially attractive to commuters when the District of Columbia's streetcar system was extended through the heart of the present-day city; the route, now known as Rhode Island Avenue, later became part of US Route 1.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; title: Title Page; title: Copyright Page; title: Table of Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. A Streetcar Suburb's Early Years; title: 2. The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression; title: 3. World War II and the Baby Boom; title: 4. Mid-Life Crisis; title: 5. Debates and Decisions, New Direction; title: 6. City on the Move; title: Index