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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS 20D
Aperture f/14 Color Space Uncalibrated
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Exposure Time 1/320 sec Flash No Flash
Focal Length 26 mm ISO 400
Metering Mode Pattern Date/Time 2006:12:23 12:50:05
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Exposure Mode 0 Keywords travel United States of America United States America USA US Virginia VA Scott County history historical historic historical marker famous landmark road side highway popular Place of Interest Places of Interest Tourist Attraction Tourist Attractions Tourist Destination Tourist Destinations Travel Destination Travel Destinations tour tourism tourist attraction destination Sign Signs American Day Daytime Historical Sites Vertical Education Historical Site Marker Markers Outdoor Outdoors Outside Road Road Signs Roadside Roadsign information display Blackmore's Fort John Blackmore fort fortress Stony Creek Dunmore's War Daniel Boone settlers Moore's Fort Cowan's Fort Clinch River American Revolution Revolutionary War conflict Native Americans Indians defensive fortification historic marker historic site no people nobody sign with text
Caption Blackmore's Fort Blackmore's Fort stood to the northeast on the Clinch River near the mouth of Stony Creek. John Blackmore and others likely constructed the fort by 1774. It served as a defensive fortification for settlers of European descent on the frontier. During Dunmore's War in 1774, Daniel Boone commanded Blackmore's Fort as well as Moore's and Cowan's Forts on the Clinch River. During that war and the American Revolution (1775-1783), periodic conflicts between Native Americans and settlers occurred there, in part because of increased settlement. In the nearby cemetery are buried some of the early settlers to the area. Department of Historic Resources, 2000