This historic town is located on Occoquan Creek. In that eastern direction it soon empties into the mighty Potomac River.
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Occoquan |
There is a pedestrian bridge across the creek to this waterfall.
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Occoquan |
In this direction the creek is smaller, as it comes from the west.
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Occoquan |
Many of the historic homes are now shops.
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Historic Occoquan |
My son kindly took photos of the 1957 Horrockses dress I sewed last year. I wrote about a bit of the fashion history of Horrackses dresses, as well as the construction details here.
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1957 fashion at Historic Occoquan |
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1957 fashion at Historic Occoquan |
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1957 fashion at Historic Occoquan |
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1957 fashion at Historic Occoquan |
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1957 fashion at Historic Occoquan |
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1957 fashion at Historic Occoquan |
This is one of my favorite dresses, that I wear quite often in the summer. I sewed another dress with this pattern which I hope to debut soon.
For more blog posts on Historic Occoquan:
Great eats and walking
Inside the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries at Rockledge Mansion
1860 History at Rockledge