; In its eastern course from Petersburg into Hardy County the South Branch becomes more navigable allowing for canoes and smaller river vessels the river splits and forms a series of large islands while it heads northeast to Moorefield at Moorefield the South Branch is joined by the South Fork South Branch Potomac River and runs north to Old Fields where it is fed by Anderson Run and Stony Run at McNeill the South Branch flows into the Trough where it is bound to its west by Mill Creek Mountain (2,119 ft) and to its east by Sawmill Ridge (1,644 ft) This area is the habitat to bald eagles the Trough passes into Hampshire County and ends at its confluence with Sawmill Run south of Glebe and Sector the South Branch continues north parallel to South Branch River Road (County Route 8) toward Romney with a number of historic plantation farms adjoining it En route to Romney the river is fed by Buffalo Run Mill Run McDowell Run and Mill Creek at Vanderlip the South Branch is traversed by the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S Route 50) and joined by Sulphur Spring Run where it forms Valley View Island to the west of town Flowing north of Romney the river still follows the eastern side of Mill Creek Mountain until it creates a horseshoe bend at Wappocomo's Hanging Rocks around the George W Washington plantation Ridgedale to the west of Three Churches on the western side of South Branch Mountain 3,028 feet (923 m) the South Branch creates a series of bends and flows to the northeast by Springfield through Blue's Ford After two additional horseshoe bends (meanders) the South Branch flows under the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline between Green Spring and South Branch Depot and joins the North Branch to form the Potomac, The city became the staging area for what became the Manassas Campaign When Brig Gen Irvin McDowell's beaten and demoralized army staggered back into Washington after the stunning Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run the realization came that the war might be prolonged and efforts began to fortify the city in case of a Confederate assault Lincoln knew he had to have a professional and trained army to protect the Capital area and therefore began by organizing the Department on the Potomac on August 4 1861, and the Army of the Potomac 16 days later. California was part of the Mexican Cession After the Mexican War California was essentially run by military governors President James K Polk tried to get Congress to establish a territorial government in California officially but the increasingly-sectional debates prevented that the South wanted to extend slave territory to Southern California and to the Pacific Coast but the North did not.
By the early 1900s L'Enfant's vision of a grand national capital had become marred by slums and randomly placed buildings including a railroad station on the National Mall Congress formed a special committee charged with beautifying Washington's ceremonial core. What became known as the McMillan Plan was finalized in 1901 and included re-landscaping the Capitol grounds and the National Mall clearing slums and establishing a new citywide park system the plan is thought to have largely preserved L'Enfant's intended design, The expansion of the interstate slave trade contributed to the "economic revival of once depressed seaboard states" as demand accelerated the value of slaves who were subject to sale; . United Nations: New York City is the main meeting place of the highest bodies of the UN but significant parts of its structure exist in other cities notably Vienna Geneva Nairobi and the Hague, Uncle Tom's Cabin Black slaveholders, University of Edinburgh: Witherspoon (attended no degree). Social context General George Washington Resigning His Commission White 38.5% 29.6% 27.7% 71.5% Meridian Hill Park in Columbia Heights Northwest Washington D.C.
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