Fort Pearsall
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fort-pearsall-236-59817
title:
Fort Pearsall
text:
Fort Pearsall was an early frontier fort constructed in 1756 in Romney, West Virginia to protect local settlers in the South Branch Potomac River valley against Native American raids. The area around present-day Romney had been settled as early as 1725 by hunters and traders in the valley. Fort Pearsall was originally erected as a log house with a stockade by Job Pearsall and his brother John on their plantation in an area between Indian Mound Cemetery and the South Branch Potomac River near the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
French and Indian War-era fort in colonial Virginia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pearsall
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date modified:
2024-02-24T05:21:09Z
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13
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