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What city is known as "Nature's Air-Conditioned City?"
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In the 1760s, where did the Pringle brothers settle?
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The completion of the Coal & Coke Railway in 1906 made this town an important railroad junction.
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The New River Gorge Bridge is located just outside the boundary of this city.
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This city is partly named for the two states it borders.
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Which one of the following was NOT badly damaged by the 1985 flood?
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Fort Mulligan, dating to the Civil War, can be found in this city.
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West Union is the governmental seat of which county?
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The Red House Shoal here made Kanawha River travel very difficult until the construction of locks and dams in the 1930s.
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Civil War veteran John Hunt Oley was one of the first recorders and treasurers for this city.
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