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Which one of the following once owned most of the land in the present Eastern Panhandle?
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What mineral springs did George Washington visit for the first time at age 16?
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Which Indian tribe fought at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant?
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Hugh Stephenson formed this military unit in response to George Washington's call for troops at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
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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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Construction of this fort marked the beginning of the city of Charleston?
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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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Who is generally credited with leading the murderous ambush on Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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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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Two West Virginia counties are named for this Indian leader of the 1700s.
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