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What frontiersman led the band that killed members of Chief Logan's family in 1774?
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Which one of the following once owned most of the land in the present Eastern Panhandle?
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When the Revolutionary War began, some of the first militia troops arrived in Massachusetts from this place.
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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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Two Revolutionary War battles occurred at this Wheeling fort.
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Robert Files and David Tygart were among the first White settlers of this county.
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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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Who is considered the founder of Morgantown?
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From which direction did most Indian attacks occur during the frontier period?
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This Delaware chief led two deadly attacks on forts in present-day Pendleton County during the French & Indian War.
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