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Donelson’s Indian Line

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John Donelson’s Line, surveyed after the Treaty of Lochaber with the Indians in 1770, crossed the road here. This line separated Indian territory from land open to settlement. Violations of the line by settlers contributed to Dunmore's War in 1774.
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