Village of Long Reach, Columbia - How Did They Name Those Streets?
Columbia's Villages, neighborhoods and streets are often references to the history of the area as well as famous works of art and literature. High Tor Hill, in the Village of Long Reach is no exception. Below is a brief history of some of the names in the Village of Long Reach:
‘Long Reach' was the name of an original land grand presented to Major Edward Dorsey in 1695 for 448 acres.
Robin Jeffers was an American poet at the height of his popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, whose work reflected his passion for the wild beauty of the then undeveloped California Coast. He built a home near Carmel called ‘High Tor'. From his poem ‘Tor House':
To make stone love stone, you will find some remnant.
But if you should look in your idleness after ten thousand years:
It is the granite knoll on the granite
And lava tongue in the midst of the bay, by the mouth of the Carmel
‘Tor' is an old English term for a high stone outcropping.
The Long Reach Community Center is named Stonehouse, and is located in the Village Center. From the Robin Jeffers poem Star Swirls:
And this place, where I have planted trees and built a stone house
This information was compiled from various sources including Oh You Must Live in Columbia, Missy Burke, Robin Emrich and Barbara Kellner, 2008, Columbia Archives. Visit the Columbia Archives yourself to purchase a copy of this book, or check out a copy from the Howard County Library, and to find out more about the fascinating history of the names of this city!
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