Ohio Canal Company / Patowmack Company / Chesapeake / /
Country
United States / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
Port Tobacco / Mount Vernon / Memorial Parkway / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
transportation link / /
NaturalFeature
Little waterfall / House Falls waterfall / River Patowmack / Chesapeake Bay / House waterfall / Great Falls / Falls waterfall / Potomac River / Delaware / Shenandoah waterfall / Seneca Falls / Great waterfall / Great Falls waterfall / /
Organization
Congress / Virginia legislature / Virginia Assembly / Maryland Senate / Maryland Assembly / Mount Vernon Ladies' Association / /
Person
Samuel Chase / Thomas Johnson / George Mason / James Madison / Jenifer / Thomas Stone / Edmund Randolph / George Washington / Alexander Henderson / Vernon Compact / /
Position
Harper / /
ProvinceOrState
West Virginia / Virginia / Pennsylvania / Maryland / Delaware / /
by John Clifford For most of his life, George Washington had a vision of using the Potomac River as a trade route to the interior of the continent. Unfortunately, two obstacles, one political and one physical stood in th