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Which daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk was married to the renegade European-American Boling Baker?
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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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How were many soldiers paid for their service in the French & Indian War?
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Who led the first permanent settlement of Charleston?
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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico were murdered at this Point Pleasant fort in 1777.
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At the end of the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT attacked during Pontiac's Rebellion?
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Which one of the following was NOT an early land company in present-day West Virginia?
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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When Europeans first arrived, which Indian confederacy laid claim to most of what is now West Virginia?
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This Overhill Cherokee leader fought on the side of the British during the French & Indian War.
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