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What mineral springs did George Washington visit for the first time at age 16?
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Two Revolutionary War battles occurred at this Wheeling fort.
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Fort Maidstone, the northernmost of our French & Indian War fortifications, was built in which present-day county?
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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico were murdered at this Point Pleasant fort in 1777.
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Where was Fort Savannah located?
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Robert Files and David Tygart were among the first White settlers of this county.
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The Eckerlin brothers were among the first White settlers of this county?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Martinsburg?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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