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Which West Virginia city was named for the first clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives?
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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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Where is Wirt County's seat of government?
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This city once had what is believed to be the largest toilet ware factory in the world.
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By the time of the Civil War, this was the second largest city in the entire Shenandoah Valley.
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Where was the Mud River covered bridge built?
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This town is named for a banana-like fruit that grows in the area.
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An important battle was fought here in the days after the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
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This city is home to the Coal House, built of bituminous coal in 1933.
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