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Which of the following is NOT known to be a creek name in West Virginia?
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2
The Greenbrier Ghost is commemorated by a:
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3
Where was the last public execution in West Virginia?
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Where were 10 people killed in an afternoon gunfight during the Mine Wars?
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Who led the ambush assassination of Mine Wars leaders Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers in Welch in 1921?
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Which one of the following was NOT imprisoned at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp?
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7
What folk song is about a murder and subsequent 1894 hanging in McDowell County?
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8
According to legend, which criminals robbed the Bank of Huntington of $20,000 in 1875?
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During the Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Devil Anse Hatfield's clan executed three of Randolph McCoy's sons tied to what kind of bushes?
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In 1914, thieves stole $7,000 in coal company payroll from a handcar in this county.
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