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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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This Clarksburg printer wrote the classic 1831 book Chronicles of Border Warfare.
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The barracks of this fort in Mineral County comprise the only known military structure still standing in present-day West Virginia from the French & Indian War period.
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What finally ended threats to present-day West Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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Who are the earliest known White settlers of the Greenbrier Valley?
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James Neal is often considered the founder of this city.
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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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This Harrison County congressman was President James Madison's brother-in-law and one of the first government officials to press for greater rights for Western Virginia.
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Which one of the following counties did NOT experience an uprising in response to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion?
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