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The Battle of Point Pleasant

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Sep 30, 2023 • 11m
Rising tensions along the Appalachian frontier culminated with what's called "Lord Dunmore's War," named after the royal governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore. That conflict came to a head with a battle in 1774 at Point Pleasant in what's now West Virginia, in which Dunmore's forces battled the Shawnee warriors under Chief Cornstalk.

Today we tell that story.

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