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Which of the following unfortunate events is sometimes attributed to the "Curse of Cornstalk"?
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Who had two different husbands killed during the Mine Wars in less than 15 months' time?
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When was capital punishment banned in West Virginia?
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Where were 10 people killed in an afternoon gunfight during the Mine Wars?
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Who supposedly led the 1888 New Year's Day arson attack on the McCoy family cabin?
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The murder of which Indian chief's family members led to an uprising in 1774 that culminated in the Battle of Point Pleasant?
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Who led the ambush assassination of Mine Wars leaders Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers in Welch in 1921?
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Which one of the following was NOT imprisoned at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp?
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Harrison Ash was the noted, and often feared, chief of police on the "Southside" of this town?
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Which noted labor leader served time in the West Virginia Penitentiary for opposing U.S. involvement in World War I?
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