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Point Pleasant was the only battle of this 1774 war.
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In 1777, this settler led an ambush in present-day Marshall County that murdered 21 Indians.
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Construction of this fort marked the beginning of the city 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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Which of the following was NOT a treaty in which Indians gave away their claims to land in present West Virginia?
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Who is considered the founder of Morgantown?
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Who is considered the founder of Wheeling
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Tories were settlers who did what?
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More indirect descendants of George Washington are buried in this county than any other in the nation?
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