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What is Elkinsia polymorpha?
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Which one of the following natural resources—found in many West Virginia caves—was used as a key ingredient in manufacturing gunpowder during the Civil War?
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Where is the lowest elevation in West Virginia?
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What body of water does Holly River drain into?
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R. D. Bailey Lake is located on the border of these two counties.
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Before the locks and dams were improved in the 1930s, what was the greatest obstacle to riverboating on the Kanawha River?
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The father of which future president surveyed Stony River in present-day Grant, Tucker, and Mineral counties?
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President Lyndon Johnson personally dedicated this lake in 1966.
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After Manhattan in New York City, what is the most populated island in the nation?
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In what county does the Youghiogheny River originate?
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