The Bridges of Washington County: Spanning Work and Nature - Softcover

David Bridges

9781932301120: The Bridges of Washington County: Spanning Work and Nature

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932301127 ISBN 13: 9781932301120

Publisher: Bookman Publishing, 2003

The reader of the book will have the opportunity to pass through two centuries of American history seen through the eyes of the Scottish Presbyterian Bridges Clan. Robert Ferguson Bridges emigrated from Scotland in 1816 and settled in the small mountain town of Hancock, Maryland. He struggled to find his way as a farmer, and he was one of the founders of the Hancock Presbyterian Church in the tradition of his forefathers from Scotland. His son Robert Bridges formed his own destiny in the cement business through the turbulent years of the Civil War. In 1878, Robert became an important entrepreneur and founded an American industry in the mining of silica glass sand. Upon his death he was the wealthiest man in Western Maryland and the father of eleven children. The epic continues with Henry P. Bridges, his son, an acclaimed industrialist and conservationist. Bridges is credited with building a NYSE traded company called Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation, the largest supplier of silica sand in the United States. Bridges� true love was with the Wild Turkey, and he raised over 60,000 of the birds at the world renowned Woodmont Rod and Gun Club. The Club was founded in the 1870s and was hunted and fished by five American presidents, Babe Ruth, Gene Tunney and Amos & Andy. Bridges life was dedicated to repopulating the Wild Turkey in North America, and his story is virtually unknown. Archibald Rutledge said of Henry P. Bridges book The Woodmont Story, "A fascinating and valuable contribution to the history of American wild life." Now for the first time the family epic is told from 1816 through 1957, a lasting reminder of from where America has come over the last two centuries.

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About the Author:

David P. Bridges, theologian, historian, biographer, outdoorsman and horseman, began writing about the Civil War period after nearly two decades of serving as an ordained Presbyterian minister. Bridges undergraduate B.S. degree in economics was received from The University of Kentucky. He furthered his academic experience and studied theology and history at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and The University of Chicago, Divinity School. In order to further enhance his writing he learned to fire cannon and fight as dismounted cavalry so that he could participate in Civil War reenactments with the 2nd Virginia Cavalry & Stuart Horse Artillery, based in Roanoke, Virginia. David resides in Richmond, Virginia, with his faithful birddogs Angel, Bella and Rosey.

Review:

Bridges' 49-year commitment to conservation at the club makes this story of the historic hunt club come to life. --Mike McQueen, Common Ground-Conservation Fund, Vol. 14, No. 2 April-June 2003

Thank you for your book, The Bridges of Washington County. I appreciate your kind gesture and thoughtfulness. --George W. Bush, The President of The United States, The White House

The book is a well-documented and illustrated account of almost two-hundred-year history in Western Maryland. --Robert Cottom, Maryland Historical Magazine, Spring 2003

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