Historical Markers in Dunn Loring, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Dunn Loring, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Dunn Loring — Camp Alger —

On Sandburg Street, on the right when traveling south.

In May 1898 the Spanish-American War came to Northern Virginia with the establishment of Camp Russell A. Alger (below). The 1,400-acre camp, south of where you are now located, encompassed the fields and forests of the former Woodburn Manor . . . — — Map (db m24873) HM

2 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Dunn Loring — Dunn Loring Station —

On Sandburg Street, on the right when traveling south.

As an attraction for potential home-buyers, the Loring Land and Improvement Company constructed a railroad station on the site just to your right for the planned subdivision of Dunn Loring. An 1880s advertisement notes that "Good railroad . . . — — Map (db m24875) HM

3 ► Virginia, Fairfax County, Dunn Loring — Tracks into History — The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad —

On Sandburg Street, on the right when traveling south.

The railroad that became the Washington & Old Dominion was born in Alexandria in response to the competition in shipping posed by the port in Baltimore, which was served by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The B&O was diverting farm produce from the . . . — — Map (db m24874) HM

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