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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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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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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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In 1873, company officials drove the last spike at Hawks Nest, completing this major railroad.
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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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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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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Which city had the first streetcar line in West Virginia?
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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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