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The Seneca Trail generally follows the route of which present West Virginia road?
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This Greenbrier County fort builder served as a guide and chief scout for Andrew Lewis on the march to the Battle of Point Pleasant.
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Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and most of present West Virginia was carved from this Virginia county.
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Hugh Stephenson formed this military unit in response to George Washington's call for troops at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
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This last colonial governor of Virginia ordered the attack that became the Battle of Point Pleasant.
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This fort was built in present Summers County in 1774.
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Who is considered the founder of Wheeling
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Which one of the following did NOT routinely kill Indians out of retaliation for the deaths of family members?
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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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In what county was Tackett's Fort located?
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