History

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The Historic Structures of Clifton, Virginia

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Articles from the Washington Post Archives

A Head That Split a Bullet, June 8, 1884

Negroes for Mahone, October 28, 1889

Wounded in Fight With Robbers, October 4, 1903

Missing Elephant Caught, August 30, 1906

Postman a Murderer, June 6, 1907

Negro Inflicts Probably Fatal Wounds on Former Sweetheart, Dec. 12, 1908

Paradise Springs Chartered to Sell Water, March 5, 1909

Paradise Springs Advertisement, December 25, 1910

Ivakota Farm Colony An Unusual Institution, May 2, 1922

Victim of Amnesia Unaided by Operation, June 30, 1926

Automobile Crash Fatal to Woman, August 10, 1929

Town Threatened by $50,000 Blaze, March 10, 1930

Shot From Ambush, Sequel To Slashing, April 5, 1930

Bloodhounds Lose Trail Of Four Who Broke Jail, June 16, 1930

Police Hunt Girl Who Fled Institution in Father's Car, Oct. 6, 1930

Airline Pilot Gives Alarm on Forest Fire, November 25, 1930

Ferguson Home Destroyed by Fire, March 11, 1931

School Fete Held in Clifton Station, May 8, 1931

Alleged Attacker Sought in Fairfax, July 2, 1931

Man Is Held as Still in Fairfax Is Taken, August 26, 1931

Repeal of Dry Law Favored in Fairfax, May 22, 1932

Vacation Bible School at Clifton Station, July 3, 1932

Virginia Station Agent Falls Dead After Flagging Train, September 8, 1932

Clifton Station Man Is Badly Hurt in Fall, September 10, 1932

Fairfax Citizens to Seek $1,000 for Rural Park, December 17, 1935

Man at Clifton Killed by Train, January 8, 1935

Cigarette Destroys Large Dairy Barn, July 13, 1935

Three Girls Flee Home At Clifton Station, Va. Jan. 6, 1936

Fairfax County Gives $2,300 for New Park, June 14, 1936

Fairfax Man Indicted on Six Charges, July 20, 1948

Double Drowning Bodies Recovered in Bull Run, Aug 19, 1954

2 Taxes Abolished By Virginia Village, September 8, 1958

Fairfax County (Pop. 263,000) Offers to Merge With Clifton (Pop. 230), April 4, 1961

Tiny Clifton Likes Idea of Becoming a Vast City, May 12, 1961

Fairfax Seeks Talks with Two Towns City Would Engulf, May 13, 1961

Fairfax Co., Clifton Plan Huge City, May 17, 1961

Fairfax Bid To Become City Denied, Feb 17, 1962

Fairfax Decides to Try Again for City Charter, January 2, 1964

Clifton Asks Fairfax to Ban All Hunting, Jan 4, 1964

Clifton Looks To Its Past, March 15, 1964

First Stage Started In Clifton Restoration, Oct 21, 1965

Old Clifton Homes Enjoy New Youth, Aug. 2, 1969

Little Clifton Is In Two Worlds, 1969

Remove Clifton Mayor From Office, Runner-Up in Election Asks Court, July 8, 1970

Fairfax Girl, 10, Reported Missing, July 16, 1970

Police Believe Clifton Girl Disappeared 'Involuntarily', July 17, 1970

Army to Aid In Search for Missing Girl, July 18, 1970

Intense Hunt Futile, July 19, 1970

Missing Girl Now Believed Kidnapped, July 20, 1970

Search For Girl is Ended, July 21, 1970

Fairfax Adds $500 to Kidnap Reward, July 30, 1970

Fairfax Girl, 9, Abducted, August 19, 1970

Hunters Find Body of Missing Girl, 10, October 11, 1970

Clifton Girl's Death Listed as Murder, October 12, 1970

Tiny Clifton Still Tries To Regain Lost Luster, April, 17, 1971

Va. Police Copter Crashes, Dec. 27, 1972

Bird Feed, March 29, 1973

The Clifton Race, April 29, 1976

Bluegrass Brings Crowds, Controversy to Va Inn, Dec, 13, 1976

2 Are Hit by Train At Clifton Festival, October 13, 1980

Candidates in Clifton, Va., Don't Run, They Stroll May 1,1982

Poker Pals are Ole-Boy Powerhouse in Clifton, July 5, 1984

Wife on Trial in Slaying, January 8, 1985

Virginia Dining, Heart in Hand, Feb. 7, 1985

Clifton Marches To Different Drummer on 4th, July 4, 1985

Government Actions, Town of Clifton, September 12, 1985

A Power Struggle In Clifton, May 4, 1989

Rail Service Gains Steam in Virginia, April 2, 1990

Clifton Substation Plan Progresses, August 16, 1990

House and Garden Tours of 1994, April 7, 1994

Commuters Cause Big Traffic Problems Passing Through Little Towns, Sept. 6, 1994

Frustration Mounts at the Occoquan, Nov. 24, 1994

Clifton: 19th Century Town With 20th Century Traffic, Oct. 29, 1994