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What color is the cover of the West Virginia Legislature's official handbook?
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What did oceanfront lots in Myrtle Beach, a vacation spot for many West Virginians, initially cost?
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By 1910, which ethnic group comprised 30 percent of West Virginia's foreign-born population?
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What Pocahontas County Civil War battle was one of the bloodiest of the war's first year?
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Who was the only person convicted of treason related to the Mine Wars?
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Rebecca Harding Davis wrote about iron workers in this city.
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Donald F. Duncan, who grew up in Huntington, invented this.
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What is the oldest continuous institution of higher learning in West Virginia?
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In what county was the earliest known Episcopal church built in present West Virginia?
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This old-time musician was nicknamed the "Dulcimer Man."
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