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This enslaved man heroically helped defend Fort Donnally in the Greenbrier Valley during an attack by Shawnee Indians in 1778.
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Which of the following is supposed to be the oldest church building west of the Allegheny Mountains?
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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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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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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 of the following was NOT a treaty in which Indians gave away their claims to land in present West Virginia?
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Who is considered the founder of Morgantown?
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Of these Revolutionary War generals from the Eastern Panhandle, which one was NOT dismissed from his commission during the Revolutionary War?
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