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Which of the following is supposed to be the oldest church building west of the Allegheny Mountains?
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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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The Seneca Trail generally follows the route of which present West Virginia road?
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Which early settler did Thomas Jefferson mistakenly blame for the murder of Chief Logan's family?
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Which one of the following was NOT an early land company in present-day West Virginia?
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Which of the following was NOT typically considered to be part of a frontier fort?
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Who accompanied George Washington on his disastrous mission to warn the French at the beginning of the French & Indian War and later served as a guide for Gen. Braddock in his disastrous campaign early in the war?
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Tu-Endie-Wei State Park commemorates what frontier event?
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