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This Greenbrier County fort builder served as a guide and chief scout for Andrew Lewis on the march to the Battle of Point Pleasant.
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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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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Where was Fort Savannah located?
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During the French & Indian War, Delaware and Shawnee Indians attacked these two forts in present-day Pendleton County within days in 1758?
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Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the French & Indian War?
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Which of the following was NOT typically considered to be part of a frontier fort?
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Who accompanied George Washington on his disastrous mission to warn the French at the beginning of the French & Indian War and later served as a guide for Gen. Braddock in his disastrous campaign early in the war?
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This Delaware chief led two deadly attacks on forts in present-day Pendleton County during the French & Indian War.
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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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