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'The Sleeping Giant Is Finally Awake''The Sleeping Giant Is Finally Awake'11 Seek 7 Offices in Dumfries voting1955 Evening Star Article: "Dumfries, Va., Is Relic Of Once Major Seaport"1962 Article: Town's Bid to Annex Faces Stall1962 Journal Messenger Article: Eleven Candidates File in Dumfries Election1966 Newspaper Map: Town Plat of Dumfries1967 Newspaper Photo: Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department Head Firemen1972 Potomac News Article Photo: Possum Point Power Plant Site1973 Potomac News Article: Obituary for Dr. Benjamin F. Phillips1975 Article: Weems-Botts House1978 Potomac News Article: "P-i-i-g-g"1986 Kiwanis Club Merchant Park Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony Handout & Photos1987 Charter Day Celebration Photos1990 Charter Day Celebration Photos1991 Charter Day Celebration Photos1993 Charter Day Celebration Photos1998 Henderson Graveyard Cleanup Photos2 Newcomers Elected To Dumfries Council2 Ring Bullet2 Ring bullet2001 Charter Day Celebration Photos2002 Charter Day Celebration Newspaper Article & Photos2018.1.15 Fragment5 Metal fragments500 in Dumfries To Mark Town's 200th Birthday64 years and they're still married7 Silver Dollars, 1 Penny@ Ring BulletA Weems TV SeriesA Weems TV series?A night to Remember 1927A second look at the Dumfries scandalAnn Flory & Pete CostelloAnne Frances Speake MerchantAnnie WilliamsAnnie WilliamsAnnie Williams Charter DayAnnie Williams FamilyAnnie Williams' HusbandsArchaeological Testing of the Dumfries Courthouse SiteArea rich in historyArtArticle, Need of Town Manager Agreed on by CouncilmenArticle: 2 Newcomers Elected to Dumfries CouncilArticle: In the Matter of the Annexation of Part of the Territory Known as Dumfries Magisterial District to the Town of DumfriesArticle: Lee Lansing Reviews History of Historic Old Dumfries Jun. 20, 1973Article: Memories come alive in DumfriesArticle: Modern DumfriesArticle: Town's Bid To Annex Faces StallArticles: 11 Seek 7 Offices In Dumfries Voting; Council Seat Still Disputed At DumfriesArtifactAware of Heritage in Plan for FutureAxeheadBall Clay Stem PipeBig Day for DumfriesBlack glassBlack glassBlack glassBlack glass with metal plateBlue GlassBottleBottle Fragment; clearBottle fragmentBottle fragment; Olive GreenBottle fragment; clearBowl fragmentsBox CarBrass disc buttonBring the bagpipes! Wear the plaid!British brown stone wareBrockway Glass Co. brown glass bottleBrown buttonBrown stoneBuff-Bodied Earthenware; Yellowware, StaffordshireBulletBulletBulletBulletBullet capsBustling town begins to dieButtonButtonButtonButtonButtonButtonButton ?Button ?ButtonsButtonsCandle MoldCast IronCast Iron PotsCato's Tourist Home and Service StationCeramicCeramicCeramic and Glass fragmentsCeramic and Glass fragmentsCeramic and Glass fragmentsCeramic, Glass and Pipe fragmentsCeramic, Glass, Shell and Pipe fragmentsCeramics and glassCeramics and glassCeramics and glassCeremony honoring visitors from Dumfries, Scotland, Dec. 23, 1987Ceremony honoring visitors from Dumfries, Scotland, October 23, 1987ChainCherry Jubilee Celebrations 1999-2001Chinese Export PorcelainChinese Export Porcelain; PlainChinese Export Porcelain; Underglaze BlueChristmas paradeCivil War BulletCivil War BulletClay CarvingsClay Pipe StemClay Pipe StemClear Bottle FragmentClear Bottle FragmentClear Bottle fragmentgClear bottle FragmentClear round glass bottle, Patina and SabotCoal, Wood; CharcoalCoal, Wood; CharcoalCoal, Wood; CharcoalCoarse Earthenware; BuckleyCoarse bodied stoneCoffee GrinderCoinCoinColorless glass, base fragmentCooking Pot or Cauldron fragmentCot Common Nail FragmentCover from electric switch boxCreamwareCreamwareCreamwareCreamwareCreamware light color yellowCreamware, Light colored YellowCreamware, MoldedCreamware, UnidentifiedCreamware, light colored yellowCreamware, light colored yellowCreamware; AnnularCreamware; Engine TurnedCreamware; Feather EdgeCreamware; Light-Colored YellowCreamware; Light-Colored YellowCreamware; Light-Colored YellowCreamware; Light-Colored YellowCupCut Common NailCut Common Nail CompleteCut Common Nail FragmentCut Common Nail FragmentCut Common Nail FragmentCut Common Nail FragmentCut Common Nail fragmentCut Common Nail; CompleteCut Common Nail; CompleteCut Common Nail; FragmentCut Common Nail; fragmentCut Common nailCut Common nail CompleteCut Common nail FragmentCut Common nail FragmentCut L-Head Nail fragmentCut common nail fragmentDAR 1996DAR 1999 Tree Planting Ceremony PhotosDamage Widespread across CountyDamage widespread across countyDancing PavilionDecline of DumfriesDocumentDoing DumfriesDomestic Gray Stoneware UnderfiredDoor Lock PlateDorothy Wieseman's ObituaryDouble nail or pinDried PlantDried RoseDumfries Charter DayDumfries Courthouse BrickDumfries Liberty DayDumfries Lions Club Bicentennial CoinDumfries Ponders: Too Soon For 'Great LeapDumfries Tax Rate Same as During Civil WarDumfries a disaster after floodDumfries a disaster after floodDumfries architectural review group has 'vision'Dumfries architectural review group has 'vision'Dumfries has its dayDumfries is mere shadow of former bustling portDumfries marks 200th AnniversaryDumfries residents seek share of fundsDumfries saysDumfries says 'Don't Pick On Us'Dumfries' golden age just slipped awayDumfries, a Place of Ancient MemoriesE.R. Durkee & Co. Extract BottleEarly Refined Earthenware; AgatewareEarthenwareEarthenwareEarthenwareEarthwareEarthwareEarthwareEarthwareEdward Milton McGlothlin's ObituaryElection RoundupElection roundup 1st Woman to be MayorElectric switchEleven Candidates File in Dumfries ElectionEnglish Hair Tonic BottleFastener Metal; TackFastener, Metal; BradFastener, Metal; TackFastener, metal, spikeFastner Metal SpikeFaunal BoneFaunal BoneFaunal BoneFaunal, Oyster Shell FragmentsFaunal; BoneFaunal; Calcined BoneFaunal; Oyster Shell FragmentFaunal; Oyster shell FragmentFeasibility Study and Archaeological Assessment of the Courthouse Complex Site in Dumfries, VirginiaFeisty humorFired BulletFired BulletFired BulletFired BulletFirst Place RibbonFlake 11-15mm; QuartzFlake 6-10mm; QuartzFraley House/Brawner Tourist HomeFranklin Keys' ObituaryFree Blown Bottle Fragment, Olive GreenFree blown bottle fragmentFree-Blown Bottle Fragment; Olive GreenFrom the other sideGirl Scout Coin and Susan B. Anthony Dollar CoinGlass BottleGlass BottleGlass bottleGlass bottleGlass bottle clearGlazed EarthenwareGrand Memories Dramatic TimesGrand memories, dramatic times in Dumfries' lifeGray StonewareGreen Glass BottleGreen Glass Hair Tonic BottleGreen flint or Grey slate fragmentGrey bodied stoneHammerHammerHand NailsHand wrought Nail; completeHandmade knife bladeHandwrought Nail; FragmentHard Paste Porcelain fragmentHard, Paste porcelain, PlainHard-Paste Porcelain; PlainHardware Metal; unidentifiedHelmetHingeHingeHistoric Dumfries - VA. 1749Homes being restored are in old tourHomes being restored are in old tourHorescope DocumentHoroscopeHoroscopeHorse HarnessHorse ShoeHotel VirginiaIdylwild Tourist HomeImported Brown Stoneware; British BrownImpoted Gray Stoneware; NottinghamIn the Matter of the Annexation of part of the territory known as Dumfries Magisterial District to the Town of DumfriesInterior of the State Bank of Prine William County in DumfriesIronIron BuckleIron FragmentIron FragmentIron Grubbing HoeIron HookIron PincersIron Railroad SpikeIron Ring with attachmentIron fragmentIron grubbing hoeIron spikesJackJacob Stanley's ObituaryJames A. Bishop, Sr.'s ObituaryJohn Adams' ObituaryJohn Eby's ObituaryJohn Pattie's ObituaryJohn W. Clark's ObituaryLamp fragmentLarge misc metalLead BulletLead PickaxeLead figurineLeaed BulletLee Lansing Dumfries Courthouse Jail DrawingLetterLetterLetterLewis Coffman's ObituaryLife Horoscope Order BlankLighting Glass; ClearLiquor Glass BottleLockLot number 116Mayor of Dumfries with Visitor from Scotland, Dec. 1988Medical ToolsMetalMetalMetalMetalMetalMetal ArtifactMetal ArtifactMetal ButtonMetal FragmentMetal FragmentMetal FragmentMetal FragmentsMetal FragmentsMetal FragmentsMetal artifactMetal artifactMetal artifactMetal buttonMetal fastenerMetal fragmentMetal fragmentMetal fragmentsMetal fragmentsMetal fragments/clumpsMetal piecesMetal piecesMiniature country fairMisc metalMiscellaneous, Metal; Flat IronMiscellaneous, metal; Nonelectrical WireNOXEMA octagon Blue glass jarNailNailsNailsNecklaceNecklaceNecklaceNecklaceNecklaceNew Dumfries Town Plat, 1967Northbound Route 1 Bridge 1Nottingham type stone wareNumber 43Obituaries of Archie Sauls, Walter McArthur and Christopter JonesObituaries of Bennie O. Weaver, Randolph S. Brawner, George Buckner, Mary Frances Davis and Bessie Rowena TubbsObituaries of Ralph L. Carden and Laura PorterObituaries of Richard Cornwell, Paul N. Taylor, Albert Saylor Sr., Bill Atkins and Lawrence MasonObituaries of Seorim F. Brown, Frank Potter and Homer ChandlerObituaries' of Jack F. Fick Sr., John Walter and Loriece BurkeOddfellows Artillery Shell LampOil LampOlde Prince William County 1776 - 1976Olde Prince William County 1776 - 1976Olde Prince William County 1776 - 1976Olde Prince William County 1776 - 1976Olde Prince William County 1776 - 1976Olde Prince William County 1776 - 1976Olympic TorchOlympic Tourch PinOval bowlOyster Shell FragmentOyster Shell FragmentOyster shell fragmentOystershell FragmentPart of Tea setPearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlwarePearlware, transfer print, Willow PatternPearlware; PlainPearlware; PlainPearlware; PlainPearlware; PlainPearlware; PlainPearlware; UnderglazePearlware; Underglaze Blue PaintedPearlware; Underglaze Blue PaintedPearware; PlainPetition to Expand Dumfries is FiledPhoto: Brawner FamilyPhoto: Cecil GarrisonPhoto: Cecil GarrisonPhoto: Cecil GarrisonPhoto: Cecil Garrison's Postcard to his Grandmother, Emit BrawnerPhoto: Charles ReidPhoto: Charles ReidPhoto: Corner View Guest House (Formerly Woodbridge Schoolhouse)Photo: Diane BrawnerPhoto: Diane Flory and SonPhoto: Dipple ParsonagePhoto: Dipple ParsonagePhoto: Downtown DumfriesPhoto: Duke Street WWII Spotter TowerPhoto: DumfriesPhoto: Dumfries Post OfficePhoto: Edith Merchant Brawner and Randolph Smoot BrawnerPhoto: Eleanor Smallwood GraysonPhoto: Fannie Bates ReidPhoto: Frances Anne MerchantPhoto: Freestone PointPhoto: Genevieve Brawner GarrisonPhoto: Genevieve Higgins Brawner Garrison, Cecil Garrison, Genevieve Bell KernsPhoto: Grayson's SpringPhoto: Green Leaf CampPhoto: Helen BrawnerPhoto: Henderson HallPhoto: Hilda ClinePhoto: HuntingPhoto: Ione Lynn QuammenPhoto: James "Jimmy" BishopPhoto: James "Jimmy" Bishop and OthersPhoto: Keys FamilyPhoto: Laura BrawnerPhoto: Louise Virginia SpeakePhoto: MacKeanston House, Dumfriesshire, ScotlandPhoto: Magruder Jackson Keys & Annie McCracken KeysPhoto: Merchant FamilyPhoto: Merchant ParkPhoto: Missouri MillPhoto: Missouri Mills RuinsPhoto: Muse's Beach, WoodbridgePhoto: Occoquan High School 1931 full photoPhoto: OddfellowsPhoto: OddfellowsPhoto: OddfellowsPhoto: Oddfellows Cecil Garrison & James ScitesPhoto: Oddfellows HallPhoto: Oddfellows LodgePhoto: Oddfellows Officers, 1940Photo: Old Lynn HousePhoto: Orville ComstockPhoto: Portrait of Foushee TebbsPhoto: Portrait of Philip DawePhoto: Possibly DumfriesPhoto: Potomac View Cabins, WoodbridgePhoto: Quantico Bank EmployeesPhoto: Quantico HotelPhoto: Randolph, Genevieve, & Warfield BrawnerPhoto: Rippon LodgePhoto: Samuel & Vernon BauckmanPhoto: Stockholder's Account Book PresentationPhoto: Tebbs HousePhoto: Tebbs HousePhoto: Tebbs HousePhoto: Thomas Harrison SpeakePhoto: Tobacco Inspectors Quarters DOI CertificatePhoto: Wedding of Ed Fraley and Jane BrawnerPhoto: Weems-Botts House - 5/31/1974Photo: William Crow's StorePhoto: William GraysonPhoto: William Grayson MemorialPhoto: William Grayson's GravesitePhoto: William Henry BrawnerPhotos: 1975 Merchant Park ExcavationsPhotos: 1977 4th Grade DigPhotos: 1995 Charter Day Celebration & 5k Run PhotosPhotos: Cecil Garrison's 87th Birthday PartyPhotos: Cecil Garrison's 91st Birthday PartyPhotos: Henderson GravesPhotos: Henderson HousePhotos: Henderson House c. 1998Photos: Merchant Family HeadstonesPhotos: Merchant Park Living History Day - Civil War EncampmentsPhotos: Postcards of Stage Coach Inn and Hotel DrusillaPhotos: Tobacco Inspector's HousePhotos: Violet MerchantPipe Bowl Fragment Ceramic; Ball ClayPipe StemPipe Stem 4/64th-Inch Ball ClayPipe Stem; 5/64th-Inch Ball ClayPipe fragmentsPipe fragmentsPipe fragmentsPipe stem; 5/64th-Inch Ball ClayPitcherPlanetary ProofsPlanetary ProofsPlastic buttonPlatePlatePlate furnishedPost CardPost cardPost cardPost cardPost cardPost cardPost cardPost cardPost cardPost cardPot Sherds & Glass Shard FragmentsPot with handlePotomac News, 81088, Towns in Prince William retain unique identitiesPotomac Scene MagazinePotteryPottery fragmentsPowder HornPowder hornPowder hornPrehistoric Projectile PointPressed-Glass TablewareProjectile pointQuartzQuartzQuartzQuartzRail Hanger PieceRakeRed Stoneware; Engine Turned, GlazedRed Stoneware; GlazeRedwareRedware, Thick Black GlazeRedware, Thick Black GlazeRedware; Brown GlazeRedware; Mud Brown GlazeRedware; Plain, Clear GlazeRedware; Thick Black GlazeRevolution bred into DumfriesRevolutionary War EncampmentRimfire CartridgeRound Metal artifactRuins of old millRusted IronScotland Visit 1997 - Vistors from Dumfries, Scotland to Dumfries, VAScots Visit Dumfries, Va.Scottish Heritage FairScottish Heritage Fair 1999Signature scrollSmall Bank's Troubles Arouse StockholdersSpoon holderStirrupStone WareStone Ware fragmentsStone wareStone; Roof SlateStonewareStonewareSuccessful First year in Dumfries, Va., gave Antique Station reason to CelebrateT.A.S. Moody's ObituaryTable Ware BowlTavern NightsTea PotThe Evening StarThe Keys Tourist HomeThe Old Woodbridge BridgeThe Potomac News Old DumfriesThe Potomac News, Those Were The DaysThe rise and fall of DumfriesThe rise and fall of Old DumfriesThimbleTin PlateTin-Glaze EarthenwareTin-Glazed EarthenwareTin-Glazed Earthenware; Plain White GlazeTo The People of Dumfries, VirginiaTobacco Cutting ToolTobacco Inspector OfficeTobacco Inspectors Office from D.C. Newspaper C. 1935Tobacco pipeTown council on better footingTown's Bid to annex faces stallTrowel Garden Club Cherry Tree Planting, April 1989Undated Charter Day Celebration PhotosUnidenntified Nail; Cut or WroughtUnidentified BottleUnidentified BottleUnidentified Bottle Fragment, AquaUnidentified Bottle Fragment, Olive GreenUnidentified Bottle Fragment; ClearUnidentified Bottle Fragment; ClearUnidentified Bottle Fragment; Olive GreenUnidentified Bottle Fragment; Olive GreenUnidentified Bottle Fragment; Olive GreenUnidentified Bottle Fragment; Olive GreenUnidentified Bottle Fragment; clearUnidentified Bottle fragment, ClearUnidentified Ceramic; Burnt White BodyUnidentified Ceramic; Indeterminate WareUnidentified Metal Object; IndeterminateUnidentified Metal Object; Iron/SteelUnidentified Metal Object; SlagUnidentified Nail, Cut or WroughtUnidentified Nail; Cut or WroughtUnidentified ObjectVICKS VAPORUB BLUE GLASS JARWaiste Coat buttonWaisted coat buttonWashington Evening Star Photo & Article: Tobacco Inspectors' OfficeWeems Home To Be Discussion TopicWeems HouseWhite Ball Clay Tobacco Pipoe Stem FragmentWhite Granite WareWhite Haven Guest HomeWhite Salt glazed stoneware mugWhite Salt-Glazed Stoneware; PlainWhite patternWhitewareWhitewareWhiteware; Blue TransferWhiteware; PlainWhiteware; PlainWill Keys, Tebbs House, Loves Tavern, Stage Coach InnWilliam Grayson Historic MarkerWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow GlassWindow Glass; All ThicknessWindow Glass; All ThicknessesWire Common Nail CompleteWire Common Nail CompleteWire Common Nail FragmentWire Common Nail completeWire Common Nail; CompleteWire Common Nail; CompleteWire Common Nail; FragmentWire Common nail fragmentWire common nailWire common nail fragmentWoodbridge ChurchWooden BoxWooden tool partammunitionangelartifactartifactartifactartifactartifactartifactartifactaxe headbagblue glass bottlebowlbuckle harness or clothingbulletbullet capsbuttonscarpenters sharperceramic fragmentceramic fragmentchainchina buttonchrochet Hookclay artifactclothcoincoincoincoincoincoinscondensed milkcreamwarecreamwarecreamwarecreamware, light colored yellowcupcupcut common nail completecut common nail fragmentearingsfragmentfragmentfragmentfragmentfragmentglass bottle, brownglass bottle, clearglass jugglassesglassesgun barrelhair jewelshathat rackhead of a hammerleaf shape artifactletterletterletterletterletterletterletterletterlettermarblemed 4 hole sew throughmed china 4 hole sew thrumed rubbermedicine bottlemetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetalmetal artifactmetal artifactmetal artifactmetal artifactmetal fragmentmetal fragmentmetal fragmentmetal fragmentmetal fragmentmetal fragmentmetal fragmentmetal fragmentsmetal ringmetal roundmetal tongmetal/stonemetal/stonemisc metalmisc metalmisc metalmisc metal largemisc metal piecesmisc metal with shankmisc metallmisc misc metalmiscellaneous, metal, Iron Capnailsnails and hingenon-military buttonone medium buttonpart of tea setplateplatepossible shoe ornamentpost cardpost cardpost cardpost cardspotteryrectangle clear glass bottleresolve for freedomstamp/press/clampstonestonestone warestone ware plate fragmentstonewarestonewaretobacco painting pegtool Hammerunidentified bottle fragment, clearunidentified bottle fragment, olive greenunidentified nailunidentified nailwaist coat buttonwhite metal with plated loop shankwooden Ladlewooden hand plane