http://www.thedctraveler.com/2006/10/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/ A Washington DC insider's travel guide that's full of area information for both tourists and residents. Covers area attractions, activities, events, nightlife, memorials and monuments, historic sites, museums, the Smithsonian... Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thedctraveler.com/2006/10/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 snazz Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:57:35 +0000 http://www.thedctraveler.com/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/#comment-1176 Benjamin Banneker, the DC-Baltimore native was hired to come in and fix/finish L'Enfant's efforts to map the City. Benjamin Banneker, the DC-Baltimore native was hired to come in and fix/finish L’Enfant’s efforts to map the City.

]]> http://www.thedctraveler.com/2006/10/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/comment-page-1/#comment-4 The DC Traveler – Washington DC visitor’s travel & tourism information » The Old Stone House Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:48:07 +0000 http://www.thedctraveler.com/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/#comment-4 [...] Persistent rumors that George Washington used the building as his office when he was determining the site of the new Federal City and that Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant used it as the Engineering Office when designing the city’s layout have never been proven. Yet perhaps… Washington may in fact have slept here! [...] [...] Persistent rumors that George Washington used the building as his office when he was determining the site of the new Federal City and that Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant used it as the Engineering Office when designing the city’s layout have never been proven. Yet perhaps… Washington may in fact have slept here! [...]

]]> http://www.thedctraveler.com/2006/10/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/comment-page-1/#comment-3 The DC Traveler – Washington DC visitor’s travel & tourism information Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:29:08 +0000 http://www.thedctraveler.com/getting-around-dc-part-1-a-bit-of-dc-history/#comment-3 [...] For a bit of additional info on DC’s original design plan, check out my earlier post. b5 media, DC, DC getting around, DC history, DC layout, DC map, DC streets, getting around DC, local attractions, site seeing, The DC Traveler, tourist information, travel, vacation, Washington, Washington DC, Washington DC map, Washington DC streets, Washington DC travel Add to:                      October 20th, 2006 | Permalink | No Comments » [...] [...] For a bit of additional info on DC’s original design plan, check out my earlier post. b5 media, DC, DC getting around, DC history, DC layout, DC map, DC streets, getting around DC, local attractions, site seeing, The DC Traveler, tourist information, travel, vacation, Washington, Washington DC, Washington DC map, Washington DC streets, Washington DC travel Add to:                      October 20th, 2006 | Permalink | No Comments » [...]

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