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James Hunter’s Iron Works also provided hardware for the building of several warships, including the Dragon, that was built on the Rappahannock River a short distance downstream from Falmouth. Hunter supplied naval stores for ships built on the Eastern Shore, at Mattaponi, Smithfield, and Fredericksburg (Morgan 142, 188, 1120, 1312).  The best known of these…

The Patawomeck tribe of Virginia Indians was based in Stafford County, Virginia, along the Potomac River (Patawomeck is another spelling of Potomac). The Patawomeck tribe was granted state heritage recognition in February 2010. In the 17th century, at the time of early English colonization, the tribe was a component of the Powhatan Confederacy. At times…

The county has owned the 1840s-era building on the corner of Gordon Street and River Road since 2006.  The Counting House is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and sits within the Falmouth Historic District, which is already on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.  The Counting…

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Marker inscription: In this vicinity stood Peyton’s Ordinary. George Washington, going to Fredericksburg to visit his mother, dined here, March 6, 1769. On his way to attend the House of Burgesses, he spent the night here, October 31, 1769, and stayed here again on September 14, 1772. Rochambeau’s Army, marching north from Williamsburg in 1782,…