Earliest painting of George Washington from the Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
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Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, and along the eroded Santa Fe Trail, lie the adobe walled ruins of the largest 19th century military fort in the region. From 1851 to 1891, Fort Union functioned as an agent of…