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George Washington the Westward Frontier Leader
Washington’s career featured major western experiences from age sixteen in the Shenandoah Valley to Fort Duquesne and Fort Necessity. He became an international frontier figure, led Virginia troops west with Forbes, and later explored western lands, founding canals and amassing extensive holdings across the Ohio and Kanawha regions. His western focus shaped his future as a nation builder and land developer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
John C. Fitzpatrick
George Washington
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Virginia
Washington
West
Lord Fairfax
George W. Fairfax
Shenandoah Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ohio Company
Ohio River
North America
Canada
Marquis Duquesne
Ohio Country
Presque Isle
Erie
le Boeuf
Waterford
Venango
French Creek
Allegheny
Dinwiddie
Christopher Gist
Dinwiddie, A
Forks of the Ohio
Trent
Wills Creek
Cumberland, Md
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Europe
India
New World
Jumonville
Fort Necessity
Coulon de Villiers
Edward Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Monongahela
Augustine
Braddock
Ments
Fort Cumberland
Fort Loudoun
Winchester
Williamsburg
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
John Forbes
Fauquier
Custis
Anthmatesin Thenadir
Dinwiddle
Ohio
Fort Pitt
George Croghan
Six Nations
Kanawha River
William Crawford
Lund Washington
Samuel
John Crawford
Maryland Journal
Baltimore Advertiser
Kanawha
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Louisville
Potomac Company
James
Potomac
District of Columbia
Great
Rough Creek
Little Miami River
Mohawk River
Great Meadows
Ashington
Union