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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?
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Where was the last spike driven to complete the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio River?
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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Which one of the following is still a major railroad carrier in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following towns did the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike NOT directly pass through?
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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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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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