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The city of Glenville is known for what festival.
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Andrew Lewis assembled militiamen here in 1774 to begin the trek to the Battle of Point Pleasant.
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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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What city has been called the Poultry Capital of West Virginia?
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Black scholar, author, and TV host Henry Louis Gates Jr. grew up in this town.
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The towering Castle Rock is located in this city.
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This town primarily owes its founding to the Virginian Railway.
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A deadly coal strike broke out in this Clay County town in 1952.
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Which Morgan was Morgantown named for?
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What city were three of West Virginia's first six governors from?
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