Indian quartz arrowhead area!?!?!

[JamesHW]

We rented a cabin on a large property in the far NE corner of Arlington VA located on one of the Civil War forts that ringed the city. The nice lady we rented from (and acted as caretakers) who also lived on the property died and the property reverted to a family who decided to sell it to the County to enlarge an adjacent park. We took care of the place (rent free) while the legalities were worked out and managed to purchase a house across the river in DC and when moving day approached we dug up some of the plants to take with us such as some fig trees and a bed of Japanese Iris. One big clump got dumped in an old bucket. A week later when I pulled the clump out I noticed in the bucket were a mini ball and an arrowhead, both of which had been embedded in the dirt ball. A friend who grew up on the bluffs above the Potomac River in DC (upriver from Georgetown) would tell of digging up scores of arrowheads just on the other side of the then trolly tracks.

 

[jmc]

My neighbor set up a Conservation Easement for his farm before he sold it. It goes on forever and he got to make all the stipulations on how the 80 acres can ever be used. Forget all the details but he stipulated things like it can never be logged except for removing fallen timber; only one house other than the farm house can ever be built; no pesticides... He had to work with a nonprofit in that business and they inspect the property periodically to make sure later owners are complying with everything. Of course with all those restrictions, the property has less value so you get a tax deduction for your loss in value. Google has a long explanation of it.

 

[gwstang]

I live on a road called Indian Campground and it really was. I find points in the Pasture and surrounding areas on my 70 acres. Got a bag full of them from when I would plow way back when. Many have the points/side cut off by plows. My best find to date is an iron arrowhead. Desoto went right through here and as they used up the barrels of supplies they would throw the barrels away. The Indians would check out how the conquistadors would make the iron arrowheads and started to make them from the barrel bindings. They found out the iron would pierce the armor better than their stone tools. I guess the stone things would break or shatter. Great history about all of this. There was a cabin in one of my fields, old notched log cabin. Neighbor (about 90 now) said his great grandfather built that back in the early 1800. I have found many of those square head nails. Cabin fell in when we had a big ice storm way back. It rotted and is now gone. Lots of very old people would come by when they were nearing the end and tell me about how the neighbors grandfather/father would let them live there when they first got married, until they got on their feet. No electricity just a hand well and outhouse. I figured that all of them had passed on when they stopped coming by about 30 or so years ago.