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On September 5, 1716, Governor Alexander Spotswood and the Knights of the Horseshoe—John Fontaine, Robert Beverley, William Robertson, Dr. Robinson Todd, James Taylor, Robert Brooke, George Mason, Captain Smith, Jeremiah Clouder, and others whose names are unknown—together with rangers, Indians, and servants, about fifty in all, reached the summit of this pass.
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