{"id":3021,"date":"2022-12-21T07:32:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2022-12-21T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:23:27","slug":"then-and-now-once-upon-a-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/then-and-now-once-upon-a-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Then and Now: Once Upon a River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3022\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/THEN-Whites-Ferry-c-1921-National-Park-Service.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/THEN-Whites-Ferry-c-1921-National-Park-Service.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/THEN-Whites-Ferry-c-1921-National-Park-Service-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/THEN-Whites-Ferry-c-1921-National-Park-Service-524x420.jpg 524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of National Park Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beginning around 1786, White\u2019s Ferry brought people and goods across the Potomac between Montgomery County and Loudoun County, Va. Then came the automobile, as the photo from about 1921 shows. Today, the ferry is closed, having been shut down in a land dispute in 2020. But those who crossed the river before that time remember it as a serene alternative to Washington\u2019s traffic-clogged bridges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3024\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221117_090826263_HDR-scaled-e1671575706348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221117_090826263_HDR-scaled-e1671575706348.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221117_090826263_HDR-scaled-e1671575706348-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.montgomerymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_20221117_090826263_HDR-scaled-e1671575706348-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by David Holzel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Beginning around 1786, White\u2019s Ferry brought people and goods across the Potomac between Montgomery County and Loudoun County, Va. 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