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Community surrounding the Dahlgren Laboratory. 



constructed in Virginia to provide Virginia access to and from Maryland. The 

 only route that we had in and out of here was through what today is still known 

 as Route 614, which takes you up to B Gate and across 301 and comes on out at 

 Owens [Virginia] and then snakes back and forth across present 206. Just 

 beyond St. Paul's Church [in King George County], we have Peppermill 

 Stream, and that was the "bug-a-boo" of travel, particularly in the winter 

 months. It was impossible to get up or down when weather was bad. I recall the 

 tales of my parents and others who were able to find an automobile that would 

 go up Peppermill Hill in high gear. Of course, it's very difficult to envision that 

 problem today, but that was quite an accomplishment then. It was also quite an 



