25
Jun
2025
Fairfax History: Sideburn Station and Sideburn Road
By Paige Johnson In the early 1850’s, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad (now Southern Railroad) was built through Fairfax County with stations at Springfield (aka Daingerfield’s), Burke, Sideburn (abandoned), Fairfax […]
28
May
2025
Fairfax History: John Rowe
By Paige Johnson John “Jack” Rowe was born a slave in Fairfax County, Virginia, in April 1830. He was the slave of Thomas and Hannah (Morris) Moore of Fairfax Court […]
18
Aug
2023
Isaac Newton Forrester and the Steam Mill at Fairfax Court House
By Page Johnson With a name like Isaac Newton Forrester you had better be smart, or at least a gifted tinkerer. Isaac Forrester was these things and much more. Not […]