Fascinating, Paul. For the first 7 years of my life we lived on Cacoosing Drive on the other side of…
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You’ve done a great job, Alexa, uncovering remains from these sites and covering their backgrounds.
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This appears to be the Farmers National Bank, built on the site of the old Federal Inn where George Washington stayed in 1794.
Steve, thanks for adding, but I am editing out your link out because that site plagiarizes all of its articles. I do not want to drive any traffic there. I hope you understand.
OK, thanks for letting me know.