The Local Native American Story
Fort Ashby is located in Patterson Creek Valley, a fertile and protected valley teeming with wildlife even today. Thousands and...
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History of the Fort
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Washington's Rebuke of Captain Ashby's Wife, Jane
This letter reveals much, not only about Captain Ashby's wife Jane and how word spread quickly even back in the day, but about...
Washington's Order to Proceed to the Site Which Will Become Fort Ashby
This letter, written on October 23, 1755, instructs Captain Ashby to send half his men to the site of what will become their Fort on...
Letter From Capt. Ashby About Indians Demanding the Surrender of his Fort
Captain Ashby wrote the following letter to Lt. Colonel VanMeter and Captain Waggoner at Fort Cumberland, recounting how Indians on April...
The Letter That Constructed Two Forts
The letter which follows is from Colonel George Washington, ordering construction of the first two forts of a chain of forts to be built,...
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