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The Washington Family

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What future First Lady of the United States was married in George Steptoe Washington's Harewood mansion, located near Charles Town?
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George Washington's bathtub may be viewed here?
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Which of George Washington's relatives owned land in the present Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia?
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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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During the French & Indian War, which one of the following was NOT present at the Battle of the Monongahela?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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Who hired a teenage George Washington to survey much of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle?
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Whose death led to George Washington being named lieutenant colonel of Virginia's forces during the French & Indian War?
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During this uprising, a sword given to George Washington by Frederick the Great was temporarily captured.
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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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