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Which West Virginia county is the oldest?
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What mineral springs did George Washington visit for the first time at age 16?
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About 1788, where did Daniel Boone first settle in present-day West Virginia?
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This Clarksburg printer wrote the classic 1831 book Chronicles of Border Warfare.
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Robert Files and David Tygart 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 considered the founder of Morgantown?
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Who is considered the founder of Wheeling
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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 founder of Martinsburg?
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