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Which one of the following once owned most of the land in the present Eastern Panhandle?
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Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and most of present West Virginia was carved from this Virginia county.
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The barracks of this fort in Mineral County comprise the only known military structure still standing in present-day West Virginia from the French & Indian War period.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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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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Which one of the following was NOT one of West Virginia's first settlers?
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Who is considered the founder of Wheeling
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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Tories were settlers who did what?
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