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- 5. _________ Run is a major watershed running through Oakton
- 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
- 7. Park saved from development by local community efforts
- 8. Name of a park that is a favorite among young children on street with same name
- 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
- 12. __________of Oakton Library runs regular book sales to support the library’s programs
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 20. ___________ Outfitters occupied the Oakton Schoolhouse for more than three centuries
- 21. Type of transportation responsible for changing Oakton’s rural character in the early 1900s
- 22. Group currently focused on ensuring development of AT&T property is appropriate for Oakton’s character and scale
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- 1. Road that served as a key passageway for Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War
- 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. Name of Oakton until it was changed in 1883
- 4. Name of the County district in which Oakton is situated
- 10. Acronym for group who was first to organize to prevent commercialization along Hunter Mill Road
- 11. Church of the ________ is located on a Civil War fort site
- 12. Number of elementary schools in Oakton’s history
- 13. A park is named after this Oakton resident who was a pioneer conservationist, distinguished field ornithologist and renowned author
- 16. ________Schoolhouse; One room schoolhouse constructed in 1897 which also served as a community center, religious meetinghouse, private residence and a camping goods store
- 17. Abbreviation for group that shares community information, promotes civic engagement, and works to preserve Oakton’s historic and environmental assets.
- 18. Local group who built the benches and butterfly garden in Oakton Community Park