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Susie Heckel helped establish the American Mountain Theater in this city.
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Author Betsy Byars won the prestigious Newbery Medal for this book.
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During World War II, she was one of the first American nurses to land in the Sicily invasion and received four Battle Stars, a Bronze Assault Arrowhead, a Meritorious Service Award, and two Presidential Unit Citations.
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Her 1970 poem "Appalachia" is considered one of the finest pieces of writing ever authored about the region.
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What Kanawha County native appeared in the movie Edward Scissorhands and the TV show Two and a Half Men?
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Which university's art gallery is named for Della Brown Taylor Hardman?
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She made a harrowing scape from Shawnee captivity and followed the Ohio and Kanawha rivers through the treacherous New River Gorge home to safety.
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This author, who grew up in Keyser, wrote the classic novel Christy.
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Livia Simpson Poffenbarger dedicated much of her life to commemorating this historical event.
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This author wrote the popular Henry and Mudge children's series of books and won the Caldecott Honor for When I Was Young in the Mountains.
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