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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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This fort was built in present Summers County in 1774.
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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico were murdered at this Point Pleasant fort in 1777.
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"Forting" on the frontier referred to this.
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Who is generally credited with leading the murderous ambush on Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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This Harrison County congressman was President James Madison's brother-in-law and one of the first government officials to press for greater rights for Western Virginia.
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This Seneca Indian's military efforts led to the near complete abandonment of the Greenbrier and Monongahela valleys.
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This Overhill Cherokee leader fought on the side of the British during the French & Indian War.
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Vandalia was a failed attempt at what?
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Which one of the following counties did NOT experience an uprising in response to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion?
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