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Frontier

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Hugh Stephenson formed this military unit in response to George Washington's call for troops at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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This Virginia county once included most of present-day northern West Virginia.
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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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Which of the following was NOT typically considered to be part of a frontier fort?
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From which direction did most Indian attacks occur during the frontier period?
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Who is generally considered the "father of Greenbrier County?"
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Vandalia was a failed attempt at what?
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By the time of his death in 1799, George Washington owned more land along these two rivers than anywhere else in the world.
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