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GREENWAY HEIGHTS
A raw and storied past – from Indians and exploration, to Slavery, Civil War, Rail Transport & Dairy Farming
  • Introduction
  • Carper’s “Prospect Hill” Farm
    • Historical Background – “Prospect Farm”
    • Current Photos of “Prospect Hill”
    • Carper Slave Documents
    • Carper Graves & Other Documents
    • Carper’s Civil War Military Passes & Southern Claims Commission Documents
    • Share Your Thoughts – Prospect Hill
  • Carper’s Dairy Farm
    • Historical Background
    • Thomas Samuel Carper Family Documents & Gravesite
    • George Wallace Carper Documents & Gravesite
    • Current Photos of Carper’s Dairy Farm – Now Owned by Bob Glamb
    • Share Your Thoughts – Carper’s Dairy Farm
  • Greenway Heights 1960’s-Current
    • Historical Background
    • Share Your Thoughts – Greenway Heights Neighborhood
  • Railroad and Old Dominion Drive
    • Historical Background
    • Manning Gasch
    • Share Your Thoughts – W&OD RR
  • Georgetown Pike
    • History of VA’s First Historic & Scenic Byway
    • Share Your Thoughts – Georgetown Pike
  • Spring Hill Farm
    • Historical Background – Spring Hill Farm
    • Share Your Thoughts – Spring Hill Farm
  • Pleasant Grove Church
    • Historical Background
    • Share Your Thoughts – Pleasant Grove Church
  • Odrick’s Corner & Shiloh Baptist Church
    • Historical Background
    • Girl Scout Troop 6963 Shiloh Cemetery Clean-Up Day
    • Share Your Thoughts – Odrick’s Corner & Shiloh
  • More Historical Sources
  • Contact Us
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Pre-1700's
Thomas Jefferson Carper
The Gray Ghost
Thomas Jefferson Carper, Prospect Hill, Lydia L. Slack Carper
Original Owner Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill
Lucy West Madeira
John R. McLean, Sen. Stephen B. Elkins
Construction of Carper's Dairy Barn
G. Wallace Carper, Herman Gasch, Lucy Madeira
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, VA
Thomas Samuel Carper, G. Wallace Carper
Gruver-Cooley, BF Saul Company
Thomas Samuel Carper, G. Wallace Carper, Oswald Carper
Thomas Samuel Carper, G. Wallace Carper, Oswald Carper
Thomas Jefferson Carper, Prospect Hill
Thomas Jefferson Carper, Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill, Howard Forman, Eloise Lorenze

 

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  • Introduction
  • Carper’s “Prospect Hill” Farm
  • Carper’s Dairy Farm
  • Greenway Heights 1960’s-Current
  • Railroad and Old Dominion Drive
  • Georgetown Pike
  • Spring Hill Farm
  • Pleasant Grove Church
  • Odrick’s Corner & Shiloh Baptist Church
  • More Historical Sources
  • Contact Us
Copyright © 2025 Eloise Lorenze.
All rights reserved.