Rock Creek Park A to Z by David and Lorraine Swerdloff | |
• How did the rocks
get into Rock Creek? • In whose footsteps are you walking each time you visit? Page by page, letter by letter, explore one of America’s oldest National Parks, located in the heart of the Nation’s Capital. |
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![]() Rock Creek Park A to Z The alphabetical account — illustrated with more than 250 images — begins with A is for Animals: from newly arrived coyotes to black squirrels introduced more than a century ago along the banks of Rock Creek. Along the way, F is for Fords: where horses — and until 1994, autos — could splash through the creek. M is for Mills: featuring the technology that made Rock Creek Valley a high-tech corridor for 19th century Washington. Q is for Quotations: what naturalists, poets, politicians and songwriters have to say about Rock Creek Park. T is for Trees: the beautiful, natural landscape that displays how the park’s environment changes from place to place, season to season and over the decades. U is for US Presidents: including hiking, rock-climbing, skinny-dipping and trespassing Teddy Roosevelt. Y is for You Gotta Be Kidding: a rundown of serious proposals that, happily, were never enacted — like damming the creek to turn the valley into a vast reservoir. And anyone who has visited DC’s lions and tigers and (panda) bears — oh my! — knows that Z is for Zoo. |
Enjoy this entertaining interpretation of one of America’s pioneering urban parks — established in 1890, when America had only two other National Parks. Rock Creek Park A to Z Also available at • Article about Rock Creek Park A to Z in the Forest Hills Connection • |
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Rock Creek Park… it’s where Washington insiders go when they go outside! |