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From about 1764 to 1767, brothers John and Samuel Pringle lived in the hollowed cavity of what type of tree?
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Indian leader Captain Bull settled in this present-day West Virginia county in the late 1760s.
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This battle in northwestern Ohio ended violent conflicts between Indians and settlers in present-day West Virginia.
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Which one of the following forts was NOT built between the location of George Washington's headquarters at Fort Loudoun and Cumberland, Maryland?
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What was the goal of Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition in 1756?
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Which one of the following was NOT one of West Virginia's first settlers?
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Robert Files and David Tygart were among the first White settlers of this county.
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Which one of the following was NOT an early land company in present-day West Virginia?
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James Neal is often considered the founder of this city.
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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