Residence of President James Monroe, near I.eeshurii 



The fertile soil, rainfall, and equable temperature assure large yields 

 to the farmer and orchardist. The country has all the natural conditions 

 needed for successful live stock breeding, while its nearness to the great 

 cities of the East and the excellent facilities of the Southern Railway 

 Company for quick transportation, give a great advantage to this sec- 

 tion for the favorable marketing of its products. 



It is a striking fact that, of the first five Presidents of the American 

 Union, four established stately mansions and splendid estates in Northern 

 Virginia — Washington at Mount Vernon, on the Potomac River, fifteen 

 miles below Washington; Jefferson at Monticello in Albemarle County, 

 near Charlottesville; Madison at Montpellier, in Orange County, near 

 Orange Court House, and Monroe at Oak Hill, in Loudoun County, ten 

 miles from Leesburg. Each of these historic places has been preserved 

 practically as left by its illustrious founder. 



