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These two men were shot and killed on the McDowell County courthouse steps by Baldwin-Felts detectives on August 1, 1921.
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The oldest college still operating in West Virginia is:
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The first person to demonstrate the use of a steam engine in a boat was:
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Which West Virginia festival is held in Clarksburg every Labor Day weekend?
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This woman became poet laureate of West Virginia in 1979.
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The Grave Creek Mound at Moundsville is a product of this prehistoric culture.
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This county is the largest in area in the state of West Virginia.
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In 1974 Kanawha County was polarized by disagreement over the selection of:
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What is the county seat of Braxton County?
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In what part of West Virginia did the first land battle of the Civil War take place?
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