Laidler's Ferry

Near the present bridge stood Laidler's Landing, which George Lee deeded to John Laidler in 1760. On the main route to Fredericksburg and Williamsburg, it was also called Ledler's and Laidlaw's in George Washington's diary. To the south is Cedar Point, where Washington's schooner ran aground in February 1766. He wrote in his diary on August 25, 1768, "Hauling Seine upon the bar off Cedar Point for sheepshead but catched none."

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