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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Fact of the Day: Charles Town
The capital of West Virginia, Charleston is named after Charles Clendenin. His son Savannah was a colonel and along with his Virginia Rangers built the first permanent settlement, Fort Lee.
A boy named Sue kinda thing? Savannah is usually a stripper name
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Comfort Spiral
=^..^= <3
I agree with Cloudia. It sounds like a girl's name.
ReplyDeleteAnother fascinating bit of history!
ReplyDeleteI am getting a historic mind, ha ha.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Poor Savannah! Good thing he isn't still around to discover how funny we find his name.
ReplyDeleteI used to drive through Charleston all the time on I64 when traveling from KY to Richmond VA.
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
ReplyDeleteA Colonel named Savannah...?
Lovely pic.
interesting!
ReplyDeleteMore trivia for my trivia-seeking brain!
ReplyDeleteMuch safer than the Fort Lee in New Jersey, I'll wager.
ReplyDeleteNames always seem to come from names
ReplyDeleteAlways some name history
ReplyDeleteA very nice bridge:)
ReplyDeleteNice fact :)
ReplyDeleteI like that bridge design.
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