BGuthrie Photos: WV -- Shepherdstown -- View of River

WV -- Shepherdstown -- View of River:

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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. SHEPVW_120303_085.JPG: The James Rumsey Bridge: Named in honor of the inventor, James Rumsey, who made successful public demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River her on December 3 and 11, 1787. Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939.
2. SHEPVW_120303_087.JPG: River Crossing: Shepherdstown was established near a natural ford used by American Indians and early settlers to cross the Potomac River. A ferry service, begun in 1775, reliably connected Shepherdstown with communities throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania for almost one hundred years. Today, nothing remains of the ferry service and some pilings -- island sanctuaries and plants and wildlife -- are reminders of many subsequent bridge-building efforts. The previous Rumsey Bridge was completed in 2006. From this location you can see Ferry Hill Plantation, built by John Blackford sometime after the War of 1812. Two of Blackford's slaves ran the ferry beginning in 1816.
3. SHEPVW_120303_110.JPG: Brd-0480(010)E Bridge No. 4919 Built 2005 Apparently, the historical marker talking about the bridge being built in 1939 is for the old bridge.
4. SHEPVW_120303_113.JPG: A View into the Past: This Civil War era photograph offers a glimpse into the two Shepherdstown communities that grew up along the river. The stone pilings in this photograph were all that remained of the covered bridge burned by Confederate troops led by Stonewall Jackson in 1861. The river crossing was an important commercial stop along the C&O canal route. Canal boats left the lock on the Maryland side and navigated across the river to West Virginia. Once loaded with cement, flour, or grain they resumed their journey along the canal. "I was with the company that set fire to [the bridge] and when, in the glare of the burning timbers, I saw the glowing windows in my home on the hill beyond the river [I] knew my father was stockholder in the property that I was helping to destroy." -- Henry Kyd Douglas, from his book, I Rode With Stonewall. Douglas's father lived at Ferry Hill, the residence that still stands on the hill overlooking this scene.
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