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A Fort Called Christ-AnnaYou are standing at the site of Fort Christanna, a colonial fort laid out in 1714 by Virginia's Governor Alexander Spotswood. The fort was built on a tract of land set aside in 1714 for a trading post, as well as a site fo…
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The story of Native Americans after Jamestown's founding in 1607 is a tragic one. At that time the Siouan Indians of Virginia probably numbered 6,300 people. By 1714, when Fort Christanna was established, they were in difficult circumstances, bein…
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In 1714, at Governor Alexander Spotswood's urging, the Virginia General Assembly funded the Virginia Indian Company, charged with building a fort on the banks of the Meherrin River in what would become Brunswick County. The fort would provide loca…
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Site of Fort ChristannaAugust 1714And the Indian SchoolWhich were established byGovernor SpotswoodOn the southwest frontiers of Virginia
The National Society ofColonial Dames of Americain the State of Virginia1924
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According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale br…
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The Union General Wilson, returning to Grant's army from a raid to Staunton River, crossed the road near here, June, 1864.