Posts with the category “local-parks”

This story first appeared in the Museum's Spring 2013 newsletter, which had limited distribution. Since then, the name has been changed to Franconia District from Lee District. Likewise, Lee District Park and Recreation Center have been changed to Franconia District Park and Recreation Center. Likewise, the park in Monticello Woods that was named Franconia has been changed to Grove Point Park (loc...  Read More

In the 1960s, plans were being put forth to develop property south of Rose Hill into townhouses or possibly apartments. That didn't sit well with the adjacent community and the new supervisor, Joseph Alexander, who was in his first term as a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The plan was to cluster the new development away from Dogue Creek, meaning that the folks who had just move...  Read More

Huntley Meadows: How a Few People Turned Government Surplus Land into a Natural Wonder in Our Midst Purchased by the Federal Government in the 1930s, the large tract now known as Huntley Meadows Park was a super-secret tracking site for radio signals on the land, in the sea and in the air. In fact, the first confirmation of the Soviet Union’s space satellite, Sputnik, was recorded there shortly af...  Read More