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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.
15 comments:
A boy named Sue kinda thing? Savannah is usually a stripper name
ALOHA from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
=^..^= <3
I agree with Cloudia. It sounds like a girl's name.
Another fascinating bit of history!
I am getting a historic mind, ha ha.
Interesting. Poor Savannah! Good thing he isn't still around to discover how funny we find his name.
I used to drive through Charleston all the time on I64 when traveling from KY to Richmond VA.
Interesting.
A Colonel named Savannah...?
Lovely pic.
interesting!
More trivia for my trivia-seeking brain!
Much safer than the Fort Lee in New Jersey, I'll wager.
Names always seem to come from names
Always some name history
A very nice bridge:)
Nice fact :)
I like that bridge design.
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