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This enslaved man heroically helped defend Fort Donnally in the Greenbrier Valley during an attack by Shawnee Indians in 1778.
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From about 1764 to 1767, brothers John and Samuel Pringle lived in the hollowed cavity of what type of tree?
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The Seneca Trail generally follows the route of which present West Virginia road?
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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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This Clarksburg printer wrote the classic 1831 book Chronicles of Border Warfare.
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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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Fort Pearsall was built during the French & Indian War to protect settlers around this town.
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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico were murdered at this Point Pleasant fort in 1777.
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Who is considered the founder of Wheeling
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Who is generally considered the founder of Charles Town?
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