Hyattsville’s Single-Tax Experiment
Before there was the flat tax, there was the single tax. And in 1892, Hyattsville was ground zero for the radical tax proposal.
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Local Lingo: Ward Nine
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithSome people like to joke that Prince George’s County is “Ward Nine” — the fictitious extra ward for the Washington, D.C. City Council.
Who is Armentrout Drive Named For?
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithDriving into Hyattsville from the south, I used to worry that I’d missed a Founding Father.
Springfield vs. Shelbyville
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithEvery Springfield must have its Shelbyville. Just as the fictional hometown of “The Simpsons” has its cross-town rival of Shelbyville, so too does Hyattsville have its Bladensburg. Except maybe Bladensburg […]
The Castle on the Hill
/in Hyattsville/by Ryan Teague BeckwithBuilt in 1918, the building nicknamed “the Castle on the Hill” is supposedly patterned after the style of Windsor Castle.
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