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After her husband's death at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, this woman became a frontier scout, relaying messages among forts?
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A member of this pioneering family in present-day central West Virginia supposedly wrote the fiddle tune "Shelvin' Rock" while sheltering from Indians.
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What marker rests at the corner of present Grant, Preston, and Tucker counties?
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This battle in northwestern Ohio ended violent conflicts between Indians and settlers in present-day West Virginia.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Where was the largest battle in Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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This Virginia county once included most of present-day northern 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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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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Who is generally considered the "father of Greenbrier County?"
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