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What was the first West Virginia city to establish a public high school for Blacks?
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In the 1760s, where did the Pringle brothers settle?
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This town is home to the Augusta Heritage Center.
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In 1908, what city hosted the first Mother's Day service?
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The Greenbrier River joins the New River in what city?
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This Fayette County coal mining community ceased to exist in 1962 after the mines shut down.
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Marble King produces about one million marbles per day in this city.
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Black scholar, author, and TV host Henry Louis Gates Jr. grew up in this town.
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This city is associated with Civil War Confederate spy Nancy Hart.
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A deadly coal strike broke out in this Clay County town in 1952.
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