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Fort Frederick – Frontier Outpost in Washington County

Bone buttons and button blanks from Fort Frederick.  Photo:  MAC Lab In the mid-1750s, the Maryland frontier was a place of uncertainty and fear as the threat of war loomed large. French expansion from the north into the Ohio River Valley was at odds with Britain’s claims to control of the … Continue reading →
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