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Braxton County native Gray Barker wrote which of the following:
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The Greenbrier Ghost is commemorated by a:
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Who wrote the classic West Virginia ghostlore book The Telltale Lilac Bush?
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In 1993, two members of this organization were murdered in Pocahontas County.
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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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What Shawnee leader and his son were murdered at Fort Randolph in Point Pleasant in 1777?
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In 1914, from where did robbers steal $7,000 in coal company payroll in Mingo County?
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What folk song is about a murder and subsequent 1894 hanging in McDowell County?
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What Charleston native attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975?
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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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