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What frontiersman led the band that killed members of Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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This Ohio River county was named for the governor of Virginia who owned most of the land there.
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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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Two Revolutionary War battles occurred at this Wheeling fort.
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Which one of the following was NOT one of West Virginia's first settlers?
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James Neal is often considered the founder of this city.
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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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This Randolph County settler was held captive by Shawnees from 1791 to 1794.
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Who bought up much of the area in and around Charleston in the late 1700s from John Dickinson and George Clendenin?
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The murder of this person's family sent him on a violent spree in which he killed Tegunteh, who was peacefully negotiating the 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar. Afterward, he became a fugitive from the law.
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