George Mason’s father owned Woodbridge plantation on the Occoquan River opposite the Colonial town of Colchester. Mason left the land and the Occoquan ferry to his son Thomas. Roosevelt Island.

Shannon Christy, 23 of Greenville, S.C., died Thursday, July 11, kayaking the chutes of the Potomac River at Great Falls. Christy "disappeared while going down the falls and was pinned underneath ...