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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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In 1877, a national strike in which one of the following industries escalated into violence at Martinsburg?
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Where was the last spike driven to complete the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio River?
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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What industry were Shay locomotives associated with?
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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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