Fort Christanna
Three miles south is the site of colonial Fort Christanna. The fort was built in 1714 by Governor Alexander Spotswood as a protection for tributary Indian tribes from the Iroquois as well as for white settlers. An Indian school was also established there. Fort Christanna was garrisoned until the country hereabouts became well settled.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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