Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-05-26 | Page 11 | Tradition of Three Sisters of Potomac

Tradition of Three ree I Sisters Sisters' 1 I Sisters of Potomac Above Georgetown on the Potomac I river are three rocks known as the I Three Sisters not merely because of I their resemblance to each other other for for I they 1 are parts r 0 of a submerged r reef reef- I but tY b because of a t tradition a y ert that t more i ithan than a hundred years ago a boat in I which three sisters had gone on out for fora rora I a row was swung against one of these ro The day was gusty and I Ithe the boat was upset All three of or the I girls were drowned r I Either the sisters remain about this p perilous spot or pr the rocks have prescience pre pre- I science according to persons who I Ilive live near them on the shore some shore some I hold one ono view and others the other I They declare that before every death oh on the river the moan moanS the I sound being heard above the lapping I of oC the waves wa It is said to be bo different dir dif dirI I ferent from any other sound in na- na naI I ture It It ii ItIs Is an unquestionable fact tact that I I Imore more accidents In the water happen I at this point than thaI at any other othel on I Ithe the tho Potomac I I When efficiency is la I extended to good manners the I hostess will win servo sere a sheet of-in- of C with each course Ak Ak Akron ron ron Beacon Journal I