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20 Oct

John Champe was sent by Gen. George Washington to kidnap traitor Benedict Arnold

The Champe Rocks are two sandstone masses that rise on the east side of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, six miles north of Seneca Rocks on State Route 28-55 in Pendleton County. They stand some 900 feet above the valley fl...

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