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Which West Virginia county is the oldest?
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Braddock's Road is associated with this war.
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Two Revolutionary War battles occurred at this Wheeling fort.
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"Forting" on the frontier referred to this.
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Who is considered the founder of Morgantown?
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During the French & Indian War, what settler was famously captured by Shawnee and, after living with them, courageously escaped on foot along the Kanawha and New rivers?
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Who bought up much of the area in and around Charleston in the late 1700s from John Dickinson and George Clendenin?
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In what county was Tackett's Fort located?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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