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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?
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Where does the song say that John Henry, West Virginia's famous steel driver, defeated the steam drill?
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Where is the last operating river ferry 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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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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