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Which Martinsburg native made some of the earliest-known sketches of Seneca Rocks and the Canaan Valley?
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Fairmont native Fred Torrey designed which one of these statues?
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This Kanawha County native sculpted a bear on the former West Virginia Tech campus at Montgomery, a beaver at Bluefield High School, and a madonna and child in a Kanawha Valley church.
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This Cedar Grove native won the Governor's Award at the West Virginia Juried Exhibition three times and the Award of Excellence at Huntington Museum of Art's Exhibition 280.
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This Sutton-based artist designed the statue of Robert C. Byrd in the West Virginia State Capitol and a bronze memorial to Hawks Nest Tunnel victims at Tamarack in Beckley.
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This artist designed the West Virginia Veterans' Memorial and Military Women's Memorial at the State Capitol.
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Thaddeus Fowler was known for drawing what?
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During the Civil War, this 12-year-old future artist guided U.S. troops to an important river landing in Parkersburg.
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This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.
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West Virginia's oldest known statue, located in Morgantown, depicts which U.S. founder?
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