BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Aspen Hill -- Aspen Hill Pet Cemetery (Aspin Hill Memorial Park)

MD -- Aspen Hill -- Aspen Hill Pet Cemetery (Aspin Hill Memorial Park):

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Description of Pictures: I was taken around the cemetery by the caretaker, James Thomas (I think), who started working there in 1968. He pointed out his favorite markers (the monkey) as well as identifying for me J. Edgar Hoover's dog as well as the one from the Little Rascals.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ASPEN_070106_043.JPG: The keeper said this family had buried dozens of cats here
2. ASPEN_070106_054.JPG: One of J. Edgar Hoover's dogs, Spee De Bozo.
3. ASPEN_070106_068.JPG: Yep. The bulldog's name was Bunny.
4. ASPEN_070106_088.JPG: I was taken around the cemetery by the caretaker, James Thomas (I think), who started working there in 1968. He pointed out his favorite markers (the monkey) as well as identifying for me J. Edgar Hoover's dog as the one from the Little Rascals.
5. ASPEN_070106_095.JPG: One of the Little Rascals' dogs
6. ASPEN_070106_106.JPG: Apparently, Andy was the monkey with a cup for a homeless person
7. ASPEN_070106_112.JPG: This used to be a working fountain in the cemetery
8. ASPEN_070106_128.JPG: I met the (I think he was Greek) guy whose dog was being buried here. His neighbor had a cat and the two animals were best of friends so they were being buried together.
Wikipedia Description: Aspen Hill, Maryland
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Aspen Hill is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

Etymology

It got its name from aspen trees that once were found near the first post office in the area. The post office was located in a general store on what was then known as the Washington-Brookeville Pike (now the intersection of Connecticut and Georgia Avenues) and opened around 1864.

History

In the 1920s and 1930s, Aspen Hill was known as being the location of Aspin Hill Memorial Park, one of three pet cemeteries then operating on the East Coast of the United States. Burials at Aspen Hill Cemetery included dogs that had served the during World War I as well as the pets of area residents. Memorial ceremonies honoring pets were often held there on World Day for Animals.

In July 1950, Louis M. Denit sold 517 acres (2.1 km2) of land in Aspen Hill to Gelman Construction Company for about $300,000. Denit was a well-known attorney who specialized in banking and trust law. Gelman Construction Company bought the land in order to build 2,450 three-bedroom ramblers, a shopping center, schools, playgrounds, and churches. The homes were priced at less $10,000 each.

In January 1955, Minnie Goodman sold 268 acres (1.1 km2) of land in Aspen Hill to Metropolitan Homes, Inc. At the time, the land was the last vacant tract of land of its size between Rockville and Wheaton. Metropolitan Homes planned to build 12,000 homes, schools, shopping centers, and churches on the land. Prices for the homes started at $15,000 each.

Aspen Hill was one of the locations in which a fatal shooting took place in October 2002 as part of the Beltway sniper attacks.
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