Robert Pohl worked for many years as a computer programmer but recovered from that and became a full time stay-at-home dad. With his son now in school, he has expanded his horizons and become a self-taught historian. He has written books about his house as well as Emancipation in the District of Columbia. You can reach Robert at Robert[at]thehillishome.com
The Washington Navy Yard has had its share of accidents and heartbreak over the years. As a place dedicated to the building and testing of weaponry of all sorts, this hardly comes as a surprise. So it is good to see that, in spite of the frequency of accidents, that the community has always rallied […]
Thomas Edward Clark was all of 18 years old when his father, William Clark, died– leaving his son in sole charge of the wood yard that he had opened in the Navy Yard neighborhood. It fell to the young man to continue the business and he jumped at the chance, publishing an elaborate ad in […]
Today’s ship was not built in the Washington Navy Yard, but served honorably from there throughout the Civil War – and was captained for a number of years by a local. When, in 1858, the US Navy decided to send a fleet of ships up the Río Paraná to demand an apology for the Paraguay’s attack on […]