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In which West Virginia county are more Washington family descendants buried than in any other place in America?
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What mineral springs did George Washington visit for the first time at age 16?
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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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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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George Washington's military and diplomatic blunders largely led to the beginning of this conflict.
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In 1861, during the Civil War, in which county was John Augustine Washington, an aide to Robert E. Lee and great-great-grandnephew of George Washington, killed?
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During the French & Indian War, in which battle did George Washington first participate?
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In 1794, President George Washington organized and led a militia to put down this uprising in New Jersey, Maryland, and parts of Western Virginia.
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A pioneering prototype of this mode of transportation was made in Wheeling in 1816 and named for George Washington.
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No counties in West Virginia are named for George Washington.
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