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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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Who led the first permanent settlement of Charleston?
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Fort Pearsall was built during the French & Indian War to protect settlers around this town.
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This Virginia county once included most of present-day northern West Virginia.
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James Neal is often considered the founder of this city.
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This Overhill Cherokee leader fought on the side of the British during the French & Indian War.
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What Wheeling socialite publicly claimed that Betty Zane's heroic actions at the 1782 Battle of Fort Henry never occurred?
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In what county was Tackett's Fort located?
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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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Which one of the following counties did NOT experience an uprising in response to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion?
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