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Which one of the following once owned most of the land in the present Eastern Panhandle?
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Which Indian tribe fought at the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant?
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Which daughter of Shawnee chief Cornstalk was married to the renegade European-American Boling Baker?
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About 1788, where did Daniel Boone first settle in present-day West Virginia?
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The barracks of this fort in Mineral County comprise the only known military structure still standing in present-day West Virginia from the French & Indian War period.
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Fort Maidstone, the northernmost of our French & Indian War fortifications, was built in which present-day county?
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During the French & Indian War, Delaware and Shawnee Indians attacked these two forts in present-day Pendleton County within days in 1758?
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When Europeans first arrived, which Indian confederacy laid claim to most of what is now West Virginia?
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This Overhill Cherokee leader fought on the side of the British during the French & Indian War.
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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