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About 1771, Point Pleasant was proposed as the capital of a new colony, Vandalia. Early explorers visited the site, including La Salle in 1669, Celeron in 1749, Gist in 1750, and Washington in 1770. Daniel Boone had a trading post here. Fort Blair was built here in 1774, and later Fort Randolph served as the center of Indian activities in 1777-1778. The graves here include those of "Mad Anne" Bailey, a border scout, and Cornstalk, the Shawnee chief who was held hostage and killed here in 1777.
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia · United States
