Another copyright day has come and gone. On January 1s of this year, all books published in 1926 had their copyright protection removed, allowing sites such as HathiTrust to put the entire text into the internet. I searched, as always, for those books relevant to my interest. My find this year, while only tenuously linked […]

Arrests and other crime information in the area, directly from MPD. If you have a tip, you can always call 202-727-9099. You can also send info anonymously to the TEXT TIP LINE by texting 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment […]

My love of tunnels continues unabated, but in keeping with my recent decision not to write about currently-used tunnels, I will now turn to…unbuilt tunnels! Yes, while researching the Native American canoe found on Capitol Hill, I discovered that the there were further plans to allow access for trains to and through the Hill. The […]

In my vain attempt to read all the books referencing Capitol Hill, I recently came across another odd item: Frontier on the Potomac. Written in 1946 by Jonathan Worth Daniels – that’s him on the left – it purports to give the inside scoop on what goes on in Washington by looking at 20 different […]