The Old Arlington Mill: The Story of a Missing Landmark in Arlington County, Virginia (Vol. I, the Barcroft Era)

The Old Arlington Mill is an important story to preserve given that nearly all traces of the mill have disappeared over time. Apart from the remaining foundation and the name itself—"Arlington Mill"—nearly all remnants of the mill's illustrious past have remained hidden from view... until now. Who built the first mill and how? Were the rumors true that George Washington himself had built an earlier mill on the same foundation? This part of the book will surprise most readers.

While no single...