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Where, oh where, was Black’s Fort?

Right in the middle of the Historical Marker Trail of Abingdon’s Historic District, at the corner of Main and Pecan Streets, Marker K-48 designates the Site of Black’s Fort. “The fort, built in 1776, stood a short distance to the South.” But where exactly? For a town so thoroughly steeped in its history, one would …

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