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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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Which one of the following railroads did not extend into the heart of southern West Virginia's coalfields?
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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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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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The construction of a 4,100-foot tunnel in this county allowed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to be completed.
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What was the United States' first commercial railroad?
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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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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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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