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uy a yuunK v>r»iKv Washington In 1 749. i In hls field notes, the 1 7 year old surveyor's ! assistant refers to a town he laid off In the Blue Ridge Mountains that was a half day Journev northwest of Culpe, er.
Originally an Indian trading post. Washington was established by act of the General Assembly
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