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To inform you Bailey's Crossroads. VA, here is a brief history you can read that will give you a glimpse into the past of the community.

A Brief History of Baley's Crossroads

The Bailey's Crossroads and Seven Corners area has a rich history that dates back hundreds of years. What is now Leesburg Pike (Route Seven) began as a buffalo trail and was later adapted as an Indian trail. It ran across a ridge that spanned from the Potomac River, at present-day Old Town Alexandria, to the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Leesburg. It was called the Great Eastern Ridge Road by the local Necostin Indians until they abandoned it in the late 1670s to traders, colonists and early postal carriers. The Seven Corners shopping center was preceded by an Indian trading post that was positioned at a point where several small trails converged.

The entire area was part of Lord Fairfax's original royal grant. Gradually, the land was sold off, and homes and farms were carved out of the wilderness. George Washington owned land now occupied by the Skyline complex and Bailey’s Crossroads. It wasn’t until 1809 that the area became a true crossroads with the construction of the Washington Graveled Turnpike (Columbia Pike) that followed a path originally worn down by cattle and their drovers on the way to the Potomac River docks.

A New York entrepreneur named Hachaliah Bailey bought the land that would later be named Bailey’s Crossroads. On the site, he established the winter headquarters for his small circus that featured America's first elephant. The circus lasted until 1861 when the Civil War put an end to circus days. Bailey eventually merged his circus with that of P.T. Barnum, which went on to become “The Greatest Show on Earth.”