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Which West Virginia county is the oldest?
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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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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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Which one of the following forts was NOT built between the location of George Washington's headquarters at Fort Loudoun and Cumberland, Maryland?
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Who are the earliest known White settlers of the Greenbrier Valley?
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Of which town is Joseph Tomlinson considered the founder?
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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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This Seneca Indian's military efforts led to the near complete abandonment of the Greenbrier and Monongahela valleys.
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In what county was Tackett's Fort located?
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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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