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George Stewart U.S. 40 Photograph No. 10 - Maryland Countryside
Old National Pike
Braddock Heights, MD 21702This has been a challenging scene to replicate. The overlook where Stewart shot his photo remains, however, the hillside below has been reforested and in recent years the trees completely block the view. Here are several shots taken over the years from various vantage points. I plan to return with a lift truck to get a view over the treeline.
What's hidden by the trees is that the Middletown Valley is no longer one of Maryland's beauty spots. The patchwork quilt of farms have given way to urban sprawl. Many in the area now consider the Frederick area a suburb to the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas.
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Maryland Countryside. This view is from 2008 and is from much higher up the hill.
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Maryland Countryside. This view is from 2005 and is from a vantage point across the road and slightly up the hill.
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Maryland Countryside. This view is from 1996 and uses the same vantage point as Stewart's.
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Maryland Countryside. This view is from 1993 and uses the same vantage point as Stewart's.
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The same view in 1922. Photo courtesy of the Maryland State Department of Forestry.
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| Posted by: Mark G Simon on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 7:05:44 PM
This is another example, out of many, of scenes from 60 years ago being obscured by vegetation. The pull-over on the west side of Braddock Heights now has a tall and thick growth of trees blocking the view. In the past couple of years they've moved the stone and tablet memorializing General Braddock to this spot from its former location on the east side of Braddock Height, authorities apparently having decided that the pull-over would afford interested motorists a safer way to get out of their cars to inspect the monument. |
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