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Washington the Western-Minded Father of Frontier Expansion
George Washington is shown as a Western-minded leader whose early frontier actions and land ambitions shaped American expansion. From his 1748 Shenandoah surveying to the 1754 Fort Necessity clash, his western ventures, land grants, and 1784 to 1785 canal plans link his military rise with future U.S. westward growth and the founding of institutions and routes that connected East and West.
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
Dinwiddie
Forks of the Ohio
Trent
Wills Creek
Cumberland
Fort Duquesne
Jamonville
Duquesne
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Europe
India
New World
Jumonville
Fort Necessity
Conlon de Villiers
Edward Braddock
Monongahela
Augustine
Braddock
Custis
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Fort Pitt
George Croghan
The
Six Nations
Craik
Kanawha River
William Crawford
Lund Washington
Samuel
John Crawford
Maryland Journal
Baltimore Advertiser
Kanawha
New York
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Louisville
Potomac Company
James
Potomac
District of Columbia
Great Kanawha River
Qobic River
Rough Creek
Little Miami River
Mohawk River
Great Meadows
Western
Union