by Jonathan M. Hoppock
Democrat-Advertiser, 11 October 1901
Washington’s Headquarters, July 1777
Headquarters
HEADQUARTERS, once also known as Grover, has a long history, going back to the 1730s when the area was first being settled. Samuel Green acquired hundreds of acres here, around 1710, and provided his daughters and their families with large plantations of their own, in particular, John Opdycke and wife Margaret Green.
The Magic of Myths
In my last post I wrote about the durable story that George Washington visited with John Opdycke and that, as a result, the village where Opdycke lived took on the name of Headquarters. Some people will read that sentence and conclude that it happened and is not a myth. They will ignore that phrase “durable story.”
J. M. Hoppock: The Old Opdyke House
by Jonathan M. Hoppock
published July 27, 1905 in the Democrat-Advertiser
