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Indian leader Captain Bull settled in this present-day West Virginia county in the late 1760s.
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A member of this pioneering family in present-day central West Virginia supposedly wrote the fiddle tune "Shelvin' Rock" while sheltering from Indians.
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Who led the first permanent settlement of Charleston?
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What marker rests at the corner of present Grant, Preston, and Tucker counties?
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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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Construction of this fort marked the beginning of the city of Charleston?
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Robert Files and David Tygart were among the first White settlers of this county.
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Two West Virginia counties are named for this Indian leader of the 1700s.
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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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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