Benjamin Mosby not John Mosby
Mosby Street, the Mosby Public Housing Developments, and the former Mosby Middle School were all named for Benjamin Mosby, a realtor who developed the area early in the nineteenth century. Part of this area became known as Union Hill and part as Howard’s Grove.
Thanks for the clarification!
does it really make any kind of difference? if it was the other guy, what should happen? i was thinking the the carrington family stole the land from the adams family, and then sold it out wholesale to developers. that is what limited deed searching tells me. looks like the adams family was always getting screwed, but maybe deserved it.
Folks tend to think that that Mosby Street & the rest were named after John Mosby, the famed Confederate raider. It would mean one thing to have these places named after someone who is best known for having fought for the Confederacy, something to be named after a land developer.
must be some kind of black/white guilt/hate going on based on a historical event where there is no personal experience? or do you have to teach the experience to maintain the white/black guilt/hate arrangement? how do you teach that? easy! advocate for a new professional baseball park and let park/rec ball fields in the ghetto continue to go to hell.