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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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Which major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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Where is the last operating river ferry in West Virginia?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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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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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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