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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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By the time of his death in 1799, George Washington owned more land along these two rivers than anywhere else in the world.
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George Washington's military and diplomatic blunders largely led to the beginning of this conflict.
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Who hired a teenage George Washington to survey much of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle?
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Which home did Samuel Washington begin building in present Jefferson County in the late 1700s?
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Which Virginia governor granted George Washington most of the Western Virginia bounty lands he acquired because of his French & Indian War service?
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During the French & Indian War, in which battle did George Washington first participate?
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In 1794, President George Washington organized and led a militia to put down this uprising in New Jersey, Maryland, and parts of Western Virginia.
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During this uprising, a sword given to George Washington by Frederick the Great was temporarily captured.
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No counties in West Virginia are named for George Washington.
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