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Which of the following unfortunate events is sometimes attributed to the "Curse of Cornstalk"?
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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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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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Who was the first former West Virginia governor to serve prison time for corruption?
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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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What former vice president of the United States was acquitted of treason charges for holding meetings near Parkersburg to plan a military expedition into the Southwest?
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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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Which ONE of the following labor leaders IS buried in West Virginia?
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