Fairfax City

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• Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations - Impact of Aesthetics on the Economy and Quality of Life in Virginia and Its Localities
• Brookings Institution - Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps to Revitalization
• City of Fairfax
• city history
• historic buildings and sites
• Map of History
• maps
• Old Town Fairfax Redevelopment
• CUE Bus System
• Colonel John Mosby
• John Singleton Mosby Museum (in Warrenton...)
• Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
• Mosby Heritage Area (is Fairfax City included?)
• Mosby'sRaiders.com
• Scout toward Aldie
• Fairfax County
• Fairfax County History
• Fairfax County Library - Fairfax County Courthouse: A Brief History
• Fairfax County Library - Virginiana Room
• Fairfax ReLeaf
• George Mason Becomes Independent: A History
• Aerial Photographs, 1964-1979
• Campus of George Mason University
• Harpers Weekly
• Brilliant Charge of United States Cavalry Through The Village of Fairfax Courthouse, On May 31, 1861 (from Virginia Civil War Images, at GMU Libraries Special Collections & Archives)
• Civil War Images of Northern Virginia
• Double-Quick Step To Richmond (did the pre-war predictions turn out to be correct?)
• Fairfax Courthouse, The Rebel Gen. Bonham's Head-Quarters (from Virginia Civil War Images, atGMU Libraries Special Collections & Archives)
• General Stuart's New Aid
• Historic American Buildings Survey
• Earps Ordinary
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Sprawl & Smart Growth
• Scenic America - Promote Good Design in Business and Historic Districts
• Virginia Department of Historic Resources
• Tourism Handbook: Putting Virginia's History to Work

Topics to Explore

- why was the Fairfax County courthouse established here?
- how were elections held at the courthouse until 1851?
- why didn't the Orange and Alexandria railroad come through Fairfax Courthouse?
- why is there a monument to John Quincy Marr on the courthouse grounds?
- did the courthouse survive the Civil War without disturbance?
- who was Antonia Ford, and why is she celebrated in Fairfax City?
- is it "appropriate" to highlight Mosby's raid to attract visitors to Fairfax City? why else would tourists come?
- what will be the impact of redeveloping the city block with the old post office/county library?
- how could you deter commuters from driving through Fairfax City, but attract shoppers? how would you pay for your solution?
- what would be the economic impact on Fairfax City residents if they attracted more shoppers?
- why is the Ratcliffe-Allison House worth preserving?