[Scan-DC] DC'S HIGH POINT!

[Alan Henney]

CELEBRATION OF DC'S HIGH POINT

Date:  Saturday, April 19th  (Rain date:  April 26th)

Time:  11 a.m.

Place:  Point Reno at Fort Reno Park (between Alice Deal Junior High
School and Chesapeake Street, NW)

DC's highest natural elevation, located in Tenleytown, has now been
officially confirmed.  A recognition and celebration has been planned
by Tenleytown Historical Society and Tenleytown Neighbors Association
in cooperation with the National Park Service.

The brief program will focus on how Tenleytown's geography has
influenced its history, and how the actual high point was determined.
Speakers will include Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh and others.

Following the program a tour of Fort Reno led by a National Park
Service Ranger will be offered.

CELEBRATE DC'S HIGH POINT!

PLEASE JOIN US

Discover the Location of DC's Highest Natural Elevation and how it
Influenced TENLEYTOWN History

When:  Saturday, April 19th at 11 AM  (Rain Date:  Saturday, April
26th same time)

Where:  Point Reno at Fort Reno Park (Near Alice Deal JHS - see
directions below)

Sponsored By:  Tenleytown Historical Society / Tenleytown Neighbors
Association / NPS



PROGRAM *

Welcome (to Tenleytown) - Ken Faulstich

Welcome from National Park Service (Rock Creek Park) - Superintendent
Adrienne Coleman

Tenleytown Geography - Dick Randall

Tenleytown History - Dr. Frank Cooling (Tenleytown Historical Society)

The High Point - Robert Hyman (Highpointers Club)

Surveying the Point - Joe Snider (DC Association of Land Surveyors)

Dc Heritage - Jane Freundel Levey (Cultural Tourism DC)

Tenleytown Neighbors - Cathy Wiss (Commissioner 3F06)

DC Ward 3 - Council Member Mary Cheh

Tour of Fort Reno afterwards by NPS ranger

*   Expected Duration:  30 minutes (Standing Event - No Seating
Available)

Directions:     Event is being held on east side of Fort Reno Park
which is located across from Wilson SHS and next to Alice Deal JHS.
>From the intersection of Nebraska Ave and Chesapeake St, proceed up
the hill at the SE corner of Fort Reno Park and look for the event.
Access from the Tenleytown-AU Metro stop or street parking is
available along Chesapeake St NW

Discover the Location of DC's Highest Natural Elevation and how it
Influenced TENLEYTOWN History

Each state is proud to have a natural high point elevation
designation.  Now so does DC - Point Reno!!!  Through the survey
efforts of the Highpointers Club and the DC Association of Land
Surveyors, a marker has been installed at the National Park Service's
Fort Reno Park in NW Washington.  At an elevation of 409 feet above
sea level, Point Reno is officially designated as the highest natural
elevation in DC. Prior to the construction in 1860s of fortifications
for the Civil War at Fort Reno to protect the nation's capital and the
construction of a water reservoir system and towers in the early 1900s
to serve DC residents and business growth, the highest natural
elevation may have been around 430 feet.

Tenleytown - DC's second oldest neighborhood!  Due to its high
elevation, this area of DC has a long and rich history.  From early
Indian trails that preceded Wisconsin Avenue, to the tobacco trade of
the 1800s, to the popular Tennally Tavern in the 1890s, Tenleytown was
the crossroads of upper NW.  With its commanding view of the
countryside, in the 1860s Fort Reno became the largest of the Circle
of Forts that protected the Union capital during the Civil War.  The
brick and stone water towers in the early 1900s at the Fort Reno site
became well known icons due to their visibility.  And the TV and radio
towers surrounding the area moved in during the 1950s to take
advantage of the higher elevation.