Tuesday, June 20, 2017

“Natural Bridge” – art by David Johnson, 1860


Makes me want to play hookey from work today.

2 comments:

  1. It is alleged that George Washington also came to the site in 1750 as a young surveyor.[5] To support claims that Washington surveyed the area, tour guides claim the initials "G.W." on the wall of the bridge, 23 feet (7.0 m) up, were carved by the future president. Legend also has it that George Washington threw a rock from the bottom of Cedar Creek over the bridge. In 1927, a large stone was found, also engraved "G.W." and bearing a surveyor's cross, which historians accepted as proof that he indeed surveyed the bridge.[5]

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  2. He would have had a heck of an arm to make THAT toss, but then there was that silver dollar that he threw across the Potomac before silver dollars were minted, too.

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