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Which West Virginia county is the oldest?
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Which Indian tribe fought at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant?
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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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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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About 1788, where did Daniel Boone first settle in present-day West Virginia?
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In 1777, this settler led an ambush in present-day Marshall County that murdered 21 Indians.
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Which of the following was NOT among the earliest settlers of the Greenbrier Valley?
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From which direction did most Indian attacks occur during the frontier period?
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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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