White’s Ferry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So tacky to have weddings at what is basically a plantation anyway. I guess she totally owns her racism though.

And greed. Trumper you said?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible. This is such a terrible thing to do. Unbelievable!

Was looking at rockland for a wedding venue and will absolutely not consider it now.

Greedy.

What is greedy is the ferry using someone's property and not paying rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ferry should be paying rent/users fee to the farm. Why should they get to use the property for free when they are making money. They should pay a flat fee or per car.

Well, that’s not how it works. The property owner was compensated in 1871 for the condemnation of the land by Loudoun, but retained ownership rights.

The family that owns Rockland unilaterally tore up the $5/month agreement from 1952. The real question is if the dissolution of the 1952 agreement was legal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Horrible. This is such a terrible thing to do. Unbelievable!

Was looking at rockland for a wedding venue and will absolutely not consider it now.

Greedy.

What is greedy is the ferry using someone's property and not paying rent.

What is greedy is using a technicality to void an agreement and then trying to charge $200,000 per year rental for a piece of land that is basically otherwise worthless.

Well they won’t get their $200k year plus pretty much everyone now hates them. This has not ended well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is super interesting - White's Ferry is owned by the "Brown family" while another Brown family are the trustees of the Rockland Farm Land Trust.

Is this some sort of inter-family squabble? It can't be a coincidence.

That's odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Horrible. This is such a terrible thing to do. Unbelievable!

Was looking at rockland for a wedding venue and will absolutely not consider it now.

Greedy.

What is greedy is the ferry using someone's property and not paying rent.

What is greedy is using a technicality to void an agreement and then trying to charge $200,000 per year rental for a piece of land that is basically otherwise worthless.

Well they won’t get their $200k year plus pretty much everyone now hates them. This has not ended well.

The contract is not relevant to today. They should get paid for the property use.

[Anonymous]

I have to wonder if Rockland was built with slave labor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, Rockland Farm better be careful. They may just get a 6-lane commuter bridge to replace the quaint ferry.

Yep. Would serve them right if they get a big hunk of their land condemned for a bridge.

[Anonymous]

Wrong year to "win" this case as every time I've been on the Ferry there have been just 1-3 cars. They're probably glad to shut down a money losing business!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to wonder if Rockland was built with slave labor?

They rent out the former slaves’ quarters on VRBO

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017892134/
https://t.vrbo.io/wz6k82D1Bcb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have to wonder if Rockland was built with slave labor?

They rent out the former slaves’ quarters on VRBO

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017892134/
https://t.vrbo.io/wz6k82D1Bcb

I hope some of the “income” from these buildings are going back to the descendants of those who built it for free and against their will.

[Anonymous]

BLM shut it down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is super interesting - White's Ferry is owned by the "Brown family" while another Brown family are the trustees of the Rockland Farm Land Trust.

Is this some sort of inter-family squabble? It can't be a coincidence.

That's odd.

I think it is just a coincidence. Based on some quick googling it seems that the MD Browns have been in Montgomery County forever and the ferry was bough by R. Edwin Brown in 1946. Rock land on the VA side is the Rust family farm. Harry Rust Brown was born in Pittsburgh and spent summers at the farm, and in 1985 he retired to the farm and took over management.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have to wonder if Rockland was built with slave labor?

They rent out the former slaves’ quarters on VRBO

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017892134/
https://t.vrbo.io/wz6k82D1Bcb

I hope some of the “income” from these buildings are going back to the descendants of those who built it for free and against their will.

I think you should be required to disclose things like this.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know where I can find the evidentiary exhibits referenced in the judge's 31 page decision? I tried pulling up the case in VA court system online tool, but I can't find the actual exhibits. For example, the 1952 agreement is included as an exhibit. I'd be very interested to see the terms of the agreement.