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Frontier

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What frontiersman led the band that killed members of Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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Which industry was associated with Vestal's Bloomery in Jefferson County?
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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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This battle in northwestern Ohio ended violent conflicts between Indians and settlers in present-day West Virginia.
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Two Revolutionary War battles occurred at this Wheeling fort.
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What was the goal of Andrew Lewis's disastrous Sandy Creek Expedition in 1756?
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Which of the following was NOT among the earliest settlers of the Greenbrier Valley?
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Which of the following was NOT a treaty in which Indians gave away their claims to land in present West Virginia?
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Nonhelema, known by settlers as the "Grenadier Squaw," was the sister of which Indian leader?
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Tu-Endie-Wei State Park commemorates what frontier event?
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