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Dairy farming in Arlington? Why yes, Virginia, there once was such a thing.
In fact, Arlington was home to a number of dairy farms in years past, with one of the best known being the Reeves farm. Purchased in 1866 as a 160-acre farm by William H. Torreyson, the property stretched west of Four Mile Run and south of Wilson Boulevard, extending beyond Route 50 to Glen Carlyn Road.
Read more on Our Back Pages, share your memories of Arlington's former farms, and listen to the WAMU story on the future of the farm.
- Agriculture In Arlington County: Our Recent Past, And A Vision For A Sustainable Future
Join us Wednesday, Sept. 28 for a presentation on ?Agriculture in Arlington County: Our Recent Past, and a Vision for a Sustainable Future,? from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Dan Redmond, whose graduate research is on sustainability and environmental...
- Ed Bearss To Speak On Northern Va And The Civil War
Long Bridge - predecessor to the 14th Street Bridge - spanned the Potomac during the Civil War. In the distance, rural Arlington (then Alexandria County) was little more than trees and farms. In the foreground, Union troops stood guard 24 hours a day...
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- Whet Your Appetite With A Taste Of Novella Carpenter
Greetings Arlington Readers, In case you haven't yet read Novella Carpenter's wonderful "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer," we've got good news: thanks to our friend Jeri at Barnes & Noble, you can buy a copy and get it signed...
- John Pisarik, Country Poet -- Reminisce Society -- February 2013
UPDATE: Reminisce Society will be postponed until Tuesday, March 5 due to the winter storm. Ottumwa Public Library?s Reminisce Society is proud to host country poet John Pisarik at its February meeting. Pisarik, a native Iowan, will share his original...
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From Our Back Pages: When Cows Were Local
Dairy farming in Arlington? Why yes, Virginia, there once was such a thing.
In fact, Arlington was home to a number of dairy farms in years past, with one of the best known being the Reeves farm. Purchased in 1866 as a 160-acre farm by William H. Torreyson, the property stretched west of Four Mile Run and south of Wilson Boulevard, extending beyond Route 50 to Glen Carlyn Road.
Read more on Our Back Pages, share your memories of Arlington's former farms, and listen to the WAMU story on the future of the farm.
- Agriculture In Arlington County: Our Recent Past, And A Vision For A Sustainable Future
Join us Wednesday, Sept. 28 for a presentation on ?Agriculture in Arlington County: Our Recent Past, and a Vision for a Sustainable Future,? from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Dan Redmond, whose graduate research is on sustainability and environmental...
- Ed Bearss To Speak On Northern Va And The Civil War
Long Bridge - predecessor to the 14th Street Bridge - spanned the Potomac during the Civil War. In the distance, rural Arlington (then Alexandria County) was little more than trees and farms. In the foreground, Union troops stood guard 24 hours a day...
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- Whet Your Appetite With A Taste Of Novella Carpenter
Greetings Arlington Readers, In case you haven't yet read Novella Carpenter's wonderful "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer," we've got good news: thanks to our friend Jeri at Barnes & Noble, you can buy a copy and get it signed...
- John Pisarik, Country Poet -- Reminisce Society -- February 2013
UPDATE: Reminisce Society will be postponed until Tuesday, March 5 due to the winter storm. Ottumwa Public Library?s Reminisce Society is proud to host country poet John Pisarik at its February meeting. Pisarik, a native Iowan, will share his original...