Name: Mantua
SKU: 56578678
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Author: Shuman, Sue Kovach
ISBN: 9781540247926

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Author

Sue Kovach Shuman

Publisher

Arcadia Pub (Sc)

Language

English

Pages

130

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

20.3x12.7x1 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781540247926

Synopsis "Mantua"

Mantua, Virginia, sprouted outside Washington, DC, after World War II because of its convenient location between the Little River Turnpike and US Route 50, roads that made commuting into the nation's capital easy. But Mantua's roots go back to a 1685 Northern Neck of Virginia land grant. Gristmills operated along the Accotink Creek, which still defines the terrain. Civil War major John Henry Chichester's family named Mantua, which stretched south to Glenbrook Road farms, under three miles from the Fairfax Court House, where the first Confederate soldier was killed. The area gradually changed from farms where grain grew and livestock grazed to a wooded suburb with Mid-Century Modern houses. Federal workers and military personnel put down roots, establishing a community. An underground oil spill in 1990 united residents determined to overcome unwanted national attention and continue a small-town America lifestyle in the shadow of the nation's capital.

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