. Book of the Royal blue . 10 HISTORIC RIVERS OF AMERICA. gave it the name of Pawtomax, in con-sequence of tlie tribe of Indians by thatname living along the stream, east ofHarpers Ferry. West of that point it wascalled by the Indians Cohongoruton or Cohongoluta. It was also called the Quirrough, in the grant of the NorthernNeck by Charles 11. of England, to theFairfaxes, but it has not been suggestedwhere he or his petitioners obtained thatqueer title for it. Then as names change,it evolved into the Potowmack, andfinally into the Potomac. Every school-boy knows (or at least should know) theim
. Book of the Royal blue . 10 HISTORIC RIVERS OF AMERICA. gave it the name of Pawtomax, in con-sequence of tlie tribe of Indians by thatname living along the stream, east ofHarpers Ferry. West of that point it wascalled by the Indians Cohongoruton or Cohongoluta. It was also called the Quirrough, in the grant of the NorthernNeck by Charles 11. of England, to theFairfaxes, but it has not been suggestedwhere he or his petitioners obtained thatqueer title for it. Then as names change,it evolved into the Potowmack, andfinally into the Potomac. Every school-boy knows (or at least should know) theimportant part this famous river plays in until the steep climb to the plateau onwhich Deer Park is located is made. Far down the side of the mountain fromthe railway tracks is the little Savage River, well named, as it foams and lashesits fury through crags and precipices inthe narrow valley. On the nine-mile plateau and followingthe railroad from Deer Park through Moun-tain Lake Park to Oakland is a littlestream not over t
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