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 A Brief History of Reston, Virginia

 
1649 - England's King Charles II deeds vast Northern VA holdings -- including what is now Reston -- to seven of his supporters.
1852 - Reginald Fairfax, descendant of original owners, sells land which includes Reston for $5.00 an acre.
1886 - What will become Reston auctioned off. Divided by W&O railroad (which in the late twentieth century will become a hiking & biking trail) -- land to the south goes to William Dunn, that to the north to Dr. Carl Wiehle.
1892 - Dr. Wiehle drafts plans for a Utopian new town.
1897 - Wiehle is incorporated. (Revoked, 1990)
1927 - A. Smith Bowman from Kentucky buys 4,000 acres in never-established town; renamed Sunset Hills Farm.
1934 - With Prohibition's end, Bowman begins sale of Virginia Gentleman bourbon from the distillery on his property.
1947 - Farm expanded by 3,000 acres, becomes largest in Northern VA.
1961 - Robert E. Simon invests money and dreams to purchase all but the farm's main house and distillery to begin a New Town on 6,750 acres.
1962 - Fairfax County Board of Supervisors passes Residential Planned Community (RPC) zoning to make Reston possible. Nationwide imitation will follow.