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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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From about 1764 to 1767, brothers John and Samuel Pringle lived in the hollowed cavity of what type of tree?
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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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Indian leader Captain Bull settled in this present-day West Virginia county in the late 1760s.
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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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Construction of this fort marked the beginning of the city of Charleston?
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Where was Fort Savannah located?
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The Eckerlin brothers were among the first White settlers of this county?
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James Neal is often considered the founder of this city.
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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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