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As it celebrates its 250th anniversary, Fairfax County can look back on a risch heritage while, at the same time, it enjoys its position of eminence as the hub of Northern Virginia and its national reputation for innovative economic development. Tracking the county's spectacular economic growth in the 1970s and 1980s. Fairfax County: A Contemporary Portrait by Ross and Nan Netherton uses words and and more than 200 vivid photographs in color and black and white to depict the dynamic economy and the cosmopolitan quality of life that distinguish this county.