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What frontiersman led the band that killed members of Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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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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What marker rests at the corner of present Grant, Preston, and Tucker counties?
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Fort Buttermilk was built in 1756 to help protect settlers near this town.
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Where was the largest battle in Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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What finally ended threats to present-day West Virginia during the French & Indian War?
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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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This Brooke County settler published the earliest known account of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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Which one of the following did NOT routinely kill Indians out of retaliation for the deaths of family members?
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Tories were settlers who did what?
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