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Which of the following is NOT located in West Virginia?
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  4. D.
2
The Mystery Hole is:
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
3
Who supposedly led the 1888 New Year's Day arson attack on the McCoy family cabin?
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4
What U.S. marshal was involved in the Hatifled-McCoy Feud, the Mine Wars, and possible murders in Jackson County related to a land dispute?
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5
What Shawnee leader and his son were murdered at Fort Randolph in Point Pleasant in 1777?
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During the 20th century, who was considered the leading bootlegger, organized crime figure, and professional gambler in Wheeling?
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  4. D.
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What folk song is about a murder and subsequent 1894 hanging in McDowell County?
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Harrison Ash was the noted, and often feared, chief of police on the "Southside" of this town?
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  4. D.
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Which of the following was NOT a noted feud in West Virginia?
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  4. D.
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What ONE of the following labor leaders is NOT buried in West Virginia?
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  4. D.

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