Derecho 2020
Many homes were without power for seven days. Makeshift clothes lines were erected in backyards.
Mount Vernon’s Historic Photos
Here you will find the Commission’s extensive collection of photographs. Perhaps you are searching for pictures of previous year’s Chalk the Walk festival or wondering what the inside of the old Neff Furniture Store used to look like. Maybe you’re just here to browse. Whatever the reasons, just know that these photos capture the spirit of Mount Vernon.
Derecho-Quarry
The Derecho winds uprooted several trees near the nonextant brickyard exposing old brick fragments.
211 Third Street SW
The 140 mile per hour winds leveled trees, downed tree branches and brought down power … Read more …