Each place has a timeline of history that connects to the larger collective story. Each place holds the silent echoes of the individual lives that have visited. A recent trip to beautiful Great Falls, Virginia inspired this posting of historic images that echo the history of 500 years of people visiting this familiar and inspiring geographic place.
Great Falls Tavern. In the early 19th Century, Canals were the earliest highways for trade and travel in America and taverns were built as rest stops along the way.
https://www.nps.gov/grfa/learn/historyculture/chronology.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal