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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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In 1877, a national strike in which one of the following industries escalated into violence at Martinsburg?
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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Where is the last operating river ferry in West Virginia?
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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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The second major railroad in southern West Virginia, this line carried its first load of coal from Mercer County in 1883.
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The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) commuter system is located on which campus?
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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