Spanish Fort Is Oldest Found in Interior US

Archaeologists uncovered a fort built by gold-hunting Spanish colonizers in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina. It's the oldest European fort ever found in the interior of the United States, predating Jamestown and Roanoke.



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