Our Hometown

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Across
  1. 5. _________ Run is a major watershed running through Oakton
  2. 6. Name of 250-year-old tree currently at the center of Oakton, also nicknamed the “Mosby Oak” because of an incident in the Civil War when a Union informant had a run-in with Confederate Colonel John Mosby
  3. 7. Park saved from development by local community efforts
  4. 8. Name of a park that is a favorite among young children on street with same name
  5. 9. ____________Cemetery is the resting place for 26 of the area’s Civil War veterans and one of the oldest community cemeteries in Fairfax County
  6. 12. __________of Oakton Library runs regular book sales to support the library’s programs
  7. 14. ___________Schoolhouse; Built in 1884 then added a second schoolroom in 1912; it was named best preserved example of a two-room schoolhouse in Fairfax County
  8. 15. Type of tree for which Oakton was named; the original tree was at the corner of Hunter Mill and Chain Bridge Road until destroyed by Hurricane Isabel in 2005
  9. 19. Last name of Oakton School’s principal in the 1900s and also a WWI pilot for the Army Air Corps killed during a training flight; Dallas’s airfield is named after him because he was one of the first American military pilots to lose his life
  10. 20. ___________ Outfitters occupied the Oakton Schoolhouse for more than three centuries
  11. 21. Type of transportation responsible for changing Oakton’s rural character in the early 1900s
  12. 22. Group currently focused on ensuring development of AT&T property is appropriate for Oakton’s character and scale
Down
  1. 1. Road that served as a key passageway for Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War
  2. 2. In 1935, the women of the Vale community petitioned to convert the abandoned Vale Schoolhouse into a community center, then raised enough money to purchase the property; it is now a site for many activities organized by this women’s social organization
  3. 3. Name of Oakton until it was changed in 1883
  4. 4. Name of the County district in which Oakton is situated
  5. 10. Acronym for group who was first to organize to prevent commercialization along Hunter Mill Road
  6. 11. Church of the ________ is located on a Civil War fort site
  7. 12. Number of elementary schools in Oakton’s history
  8. 13. A park is named after this Oakton resident who was a pioneer conservationist, distinguished field ornithologist and renowned author
  9. 16. ________Schoolhouse; One room schoolhouse constructed in 1897 which also served as a community center, religious meetinghouse, private residence and a camping goods store
  10. 17. Abbreviation for group that shares community information, promotes civic engagement, and works to preserve Oakton’s historic and environmental assets.
  11. 18. Local group who built the benches and butterfly garden in Oakton Community Park