This act empowered the President of the United States, George Washington (1732-1799), to select a suitable site on the Potomac River anywhere between the junction of the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers (present day Harpers Ferry, WV) and the junction of the Potomac River and the Eastern Branch of Potomac River (present day Washington, DC). The very first Congress met in Philadelphia in 1790 and among its first formal resolutions was the passage of the 1790 Residence Act. Where to begin? Since we are investigating the earliest maps of the District of Columbia it is helpful to provide some historical context, and, even though the following maps are somewhat out of chronological order, we hope that they prove illustrative. Specifically, the reader wanted to know what is the difference between the “Eastern Branch of the Potomac River” and why did its name eventually change to the “Anacostia River”? And are there maps to show the name changes? Staff of the Geography and Map Division are also fortunate to be able to consult photocopies of maps from other institutions, early photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division, manuscript letters held by the Library’s Manuscript Division, and a vast array of published reference works relating to the history of cartography.Īs an example, we recently received a question about Native American tribes living in the vicinity of Washington, DC, prior to the same area becoming the new capital of the United States. The Potomac River appears in Fallout 3 and Fallout 76.One of the joys involved in answering reference questions submitted to the Geography and Map Division is that some questions (the fun ones!) frequently involve extensive research in the Library’s cartographic holdings.
Where the river flows just north of DC to the end of the map the river is full.
Its waters flow into the Tidal Basin, and just past this, the Anacostia River merges with the Potomac. After the two branches meet, the Potomac flows as the border between the Eastern and Columbia Commonwealths, and the states of West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, until it reaches Chesapeake Bay. The river starts its flow from two locations, its North Branch in West Virginia and its South Branch in Virginia. After the activation of Project Purity, its Tidal Basin will fill with clean pure water, resulting in the Brotherhood having to clear out the mirelurk corpses washing ashore. Mirelurks make their home where the river has water, and those are hunted by the locals for food. The mostly dry riverbed has pockets of moderately radioactive water and is filled with detritus. By 2277 the river's flow in the Capital Wasteland seems to have mostly ceased, as the entire region is arid.
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