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Frontier Fort

Jeb Stuart Hwy, VA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 36' 12.431304", -80° 3' 15.88572"
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About three miles north stood Fort Mayo, commanded by Captain Samuel Harris in 1756 and visited in that year by Washington. This fort was the southernmost of the line of stockade forts built from the Potomac River to North Carolina as a frontier defense in the French and Indian War.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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