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1919

The West Virginia Good Roads Federation campaigned for amendment to make road improvements under slogan "Help Pull West Virginia Out of the Mud"

Other events that happened on or around 1919

1920

Voters approved the Good Roads amendment

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1921

Legislature expanded the state road commission to three members and classified all roads as state or county roads

Other events that happened on or around 1921

1927

All larger cities were linked by hard-surface roads

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1928

Voters approved another good roads amendment

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1929

All but one of the county seats had at least one hard-surfaced outlet

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