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== History == The area around Accokeek had been occupied since around 2000 BC; however, the first permanent village was established in {{circa}} 1200 AD by the [[Piscataway tribe]].<ref name="NPS">{{cite journal |last=Meringolo |first=Denise |date=Winter 2008 |title=The Accokeek Foundation and Piscataway Park |url=https://www.nps.gov/history/crmjournal/Winter2008/article3.html |journal=CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship |publisher=[[National Park Service]] | location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |volume=5 |issue=1 |access-date=April 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401182137/https://www.nps.gov/history/crmjournal/Winter2008/article3.html | archive-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> [[John Smith (explorer)|Captain John Smith]] was the first European to see the Accokeek area. In 1608, he sailed the [[Potomac River]] and found the [[Moyaone]] village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwwprod.lsa.umich.edu/ummaa/collections/archaeologycollections/northamericanarchaeology/accokeekcreeksite_ci |title=Accokeek Creek Site |location=[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |access-date=April 13, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> At the time of the discovery, Moyaone was the seat of government for the Piscataway Tribe.<ref name="bay1">{{Cite news | last=Lutz | first=Lara | url=http://www.bayjournal.com/article/piscataway_parks_role_evolved_from_saving_a_view_to_sharing_a_point_of_view | title=Piscataway Park's Role Evolved from Saving a View to Sharing a Point of View | newspaper=Bay Journal | publisher=Chesapeake Media Service | location=[[Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania]] | date=December 1, 2008 | access-date=April 13, 2016 | archive-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009014647/https://www.bayjournal.com/article/piscataway_parks_role_evolved_from_saving_a_view_to_sharing_a_point_of_view | url-status=dead }}</ref> The village of Moyaone disbanded and the population migrated to other tribes before other Europeans settled the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/native/html/01native.html | title=People, Tribes, and Bands | publisher=[[Maryland Government]] | access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref> In the mid-17th century, settlers were purchasing large plots of land for farming. The Native Americans were upset that the settlers were wearing-out the land due to farming various crops, which led to multiple battles between the two. Between 1675 and 1682, the Native Americans were forced from the area as a result of losing.<ref name="NPS" /> In 1861, Accokeek was still rural, and [[agriculture]] was the main economic factor for the place. Tobacco was the main crop planted.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bryson|2013|p=30}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]] (1861–1865), Accokeek sympathized with the Confederacy. According to the 1860 Census, the area around Accokeek had a slave population of 1,600 (52.6%). There were multiple [[American Civil War spies#Confederate Spying|Confederate spies]] in the area, including [[Thomas Harbin]] who opened a hotel in the area and had plans to kidnap then-President [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Bryson|2013|p=7}}</ref> Henry and Alice Ferguson settled in Accokeek when they purchased [[Hard Bargain Farm]] overlooking the Potomac River in 1922 as a vacation retreat.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brown |first=DeNeen |date=December 15, 2013 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-hard-bargain-farm-city-kids-make-connections-with-the-natural-world/2013/12/15/144309a6-638d-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html |title=At Hard Bargain Farm, City Kids make Connections with the Natural World |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |location=[[Washington, DC]] |access-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220134822/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-hard-bargain-farm-city-kids-make-connections-with-the-natural-world/2013/12/15/144309a6-638d-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 1935 and 1939 Alice Ferguson initiated archaeological excavations. A fort from the [[Susquehannock]] people, which was demolished in 1675, was found.<ref>{{Harvnb|Gruman|1995|p=254}}</ref> In 1957, US Senator [[Frances P. Bolton]] founded the Accokeek Foundation. The Foundation was used to purchase {{Convert|200|acres}} of land in [[Piscataway Park]] to help preserve the area.<ref>{{Cite news | last=Lutz | first=Lara | date=November 1, 2005 | url=http://www.bayjournal.com/article/piscataway_park_rooted_in_farming_of_past_sows_seeds_for_future | title=Piscataway Park, Rooted in Farming of Past, Sows Seeds for Future | newspaper=Bay Journal | location=[[Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania]] | publisher=Chesapeake Media Service | access-date=April 27, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Much of the community west of Route 210 is designated the [[Moyaone Reserve]] and contains mid-century, individually-designed homes on minimum 5-acre wooded lots. Community educational attractions include Hard Bargain Farm (Ferguson Foundation) and the National Colonial Farm (National Park Service), which are listed below under "Parks and Recreation." Both these sites have numerous special events, including an annual Oktoberfest, and a "theater in the woods". In 1960, the [[Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission]] (WSSC) wanted to build a water treatment plant in Mockley Point, which was Accokeek shoreline. Since it would disrupt the view of [[Mount Vernon]] and [[Fort Washington Park]], various people and organizations protested against it.<ref name="NPS" /> In 1961, a law was signed by [[President John F. Kennedy]] in order to designate {{Convert|133|acre}} around Mockley Point as a national landmark. Both the Accokeek Foundation and the Alice Ferguson Foundation donated another {{Convert|505|acre}} to the landmark.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19620828&id=WwAUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7127,3787271&hl=en | title=Udall Accepts Gift of Land Along Potomac | newspaper=[[The Free Lance–Star]] | date=August 28, 1962 | access-date= May 11, 2016}}</ref> As a result, WSSC was not allowed to build the plant there;<ref name="NPS" /> however, a plant was built in the 1960s in the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsscwater.com/about-us/wssc-history.html | title=WSSC History | publisher=[[Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission]] | access-date=May 11, 2016 | archive-date=May 19, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519125233/https://www.wsscwater.com/about-us/wssc-history.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsscwater.com/contents/news/2008-1/wssc-news-c-c10-3.html | title=Sanitary Sewer Overflow Piscataway Wastewater Treatment Plant, Accokeek, Maryland | publisher=[[Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission]] | date=January 30, 2008 | access-date=May 11, 2016 | archive-date=May 19, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519210057/https://www.wsscwater.com/contents/news/2008-1/wssc-news-c-c10-3.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1990, Accokeek officially became a CDP when the [[US Census Bureau]] defined the place's boundaries.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bryson|2013|p=8}}</ref> In 2008, eight people were killed and 9 more were injured in Accokeek on [[Indian Head Highway]] in an illegal [[street race]].<ref>{{Cite news | last=Graff | first=Michael | date=June 4, 2015 | url=https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/6/4/8694199/accokeek-street-racing-disaster | title=Two Lanes to Accokeek | newspaper=[[SB Nation]] | publisher=[[Vox Media]] | access-date=May 11, 2016}}</ref>
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