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What frontiersman led the band that killed members of Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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Fort Maidstone, the northernmost of our French & Indian War fortifications, was built in which present-day county?
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Fort Pearsall was built during the French & Indian War to protect settlers around this town.
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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At the end of the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT attacked during Pontiac's Rebellion?
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The Eckerlin brothers were among the first White settlers of this county?
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Which one of the following was NOT an early land company in present-day West Virginia?
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Who is generally credited with leading the murderous ambush on Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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When Europeans first arrived, which Indian confederacy laid claim to most of what is now West Virginia?
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This Seneca Indian's military efforts led to the near complete abandonment of the Greenbrier and Monongahela valleys.
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