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Which industry was associated with Vestal's Bloomery in Jefferson County?
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Which daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk was married to the renegade European-American Boling Baker?
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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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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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"Forting" on the frontier referred to this.
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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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During the French & Indian War, what settler was famously captured by Shawnee and, after living with them, courageously escaped on foot along the Kanawha and New rivers?
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In what county was Tackett's Fort located?
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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James Madison, the "father of the constitution" and future fourth president, married his wife, Dolley Payne, in the Jefferson County home of this person.
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