Saturday, September 19, 2026

Question: Who founded the town of Winchester on land granted to Thomas, Lord Fairfax?

Answer: Colonel James Wood founded the town of Winchester on land granted to Thomas, Lord Fairfax. The site had earlier served as a Shawnee Indian camping ground. Wood’s settlement became the oldest city in Virginia west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and his ancestral home, Glen Burnie, later became the grounds of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.