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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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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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Construction of this fort marked the beginning of the city of Charleston?
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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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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico were murdered at this Point Pleasant fort in 1777.
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Who is considered the founder of Morgantown?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Martinsburg?
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The murder of this person's family sent him on a violent spree in which he killed Tegunteh, who was peacefully negotiating the 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar. Afterward, he became a fugitive from the law.
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