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Washingtons Surveyor Work Reexamined by U S Forest Plans
A long-retired 19th century Washington surveying tale is revived as federal land purchases trigger retracing of the Fairfax line across parts of Virginia West Virginia and Maryland. The Fairfax Stone marks a historic corner. reports describe old boundary markers and tales of Washington’s method and height.
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Washington
George Washington
Lord Thorina Fier
Augie
Whit
Orange County
Lord Fairfax
Fairax
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Golintes
Ottavian Augusta
Frederick
Frederick’ Counties To the South and North Respectively. | Tn the Orgealy
Hageman River
Rap- Dahannock
Potomac
Fairfax
West Virginia
Garrett, County
Preston County
W.va
Orange Court House
Fairfax Stone
Western Maryland
Orange Courttouse
Maseanutten Mountain
Middle Mountain
Massinutten Range
Shenandoah-Rockingham
Faifax
South Fork
Page County
Shenandoah County
Fairfax Grant
Rock Ingham
United States National Museum
Lost City
Hardy County
W. Va
Whitepost
Clarke County