Farms, industry back history's new houses.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: VIRGINIA'S INTERSTATE 66 CORRIDOR AND FREDERICK COUNTY)

From: The Washington Times | Date: February 6, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Since the 18th century, Frederick County, at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, has been a center for commerce and transportation.

Although Indians lived in the area and used the wilderness as a hunting ground for some 12,000 years, the first Europeans to explore the area were Jesuit missionaries who came through in 1632.

By the 1650s, traders, trappers and explorers were co...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Farms, industry back history's new houses.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: VIRGINIA'S INTERSTATE 66 CORRIDOR AND FREDERICK COUNTY)
The Washington Times ; Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Since the 18th century, Frederick County, at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, has been a center for commerce and transportation. Although Indians lived in the area and used the wilderness as a hunting ground for some
A steady hand at the helm. (Frederick County, Virginia, administrator John R. Riley Jr.)
Public Management ; Eleven years after Frederick County [Virginia] hired its first administrator, the third person to hold the position resigned in 1982 during an unsettling time for the county. So Frederick County turned to a young John R. Riley, Jr., for help. At age 34, Riley was a man with little management
Booming Frederick County.(Business Times)
The Washington Times ; Frederick County is a weekend getaway kind of place. Bill Clinton goes to Camp David. The rest of us visit the mountains and the quaint city of Frederick. But look closer and you see something else - a former outpost of open land and dairy farms transforming itself into one of the hottest growth
Frederick County, Md., personal income is predicted to grow in 2005.
Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD) ; ... income tax. To see more of The Frederick News-Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper ... fredericknewspost.com/. (c) 2005, The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, Md. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content ...
Frederick County celebrates 250th with festivals, tours.(Friday Home Guide)(Upper Montgomery And Frederick Counties)
The Washington Times ; Established in 1748, Frederick County will observe its 250th anniversary this year. Paul Gordon, chairman of the steering committee for the anniversary celebration, says the planned events reflect the values that the committee feels the county has exhibited throughout its history: community,
Thriving job market drives housing, too.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: FREDERICK COUNTY AND FREDERICK, MARYLAND)
The Washington Times ; Byline: Amy Rogers Nazarov, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Plentiful jobs, rolling green hills and relatively easy access to Washington from bucolic Maryland: These are three of the key factors driving Frederick County's healthy growth in recent years. As the population has grown to 220,701 - a 13
On the road again: 41 percent of residents commute out of Frederick County, Md.
Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD) ; ... on that road. To see more of The Frederick News-Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go ... fredericknewspost.com/. Copyright (c) 2005, The Frederick News-Post, Md. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content ...
Increases posted in 2004 for Frederick County, Md., manufacturing jobs.
Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD) ; ... Poulin said. To see more of The Frederick News-Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper ... com/. Copyright (c) 2005, The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, Md. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content ...
Frederick, County, Md., real estate firms wary of 'controlled growth' leaders.
Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD) ; ... elsewhere, he said. To see more of The Frederick News-Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go ... fredericknewspost.com/. Copyright (c) 2006, The Frederick News-Post, Md. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup ...
Frederick County sees high population growth over past decade.
Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD) ; ... past decade. To see more of The Frederick News-Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper ... com/. Copyright (c) 2005, The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, Md. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content ...