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After her husband's death at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, this woman became a frontier scout, relaying messages among forts?
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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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How were many soldiers paid for their service in the French & Indian War?
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Which early settler did Thomas Jefferson mistakenly blame for the murder of Chief Logan's family?
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Of which town is Joseph Tomlinson considered the founder?
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Which one of the following was NOT considered an "Indian war" from the 1700s?
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This Delaware chief led two deadly attacks on forts in present-day Pendleton County during the French & Indian War.
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Pontiac started his rebellion against European-American settlements as a result of what event?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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This county, which once included Hancock, is considered West Virginia's "lost county" because it was later eliminated from the map?
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