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In what year did West Virginia introduce its first instant lottery "scratch" tickets?
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This Pocahontas County native was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Which state forest is home to the Henry Clay Furnace, an iron furnace built about 1836?
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Where was the first Confederate general of the Civil War killed?
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This Charles Town native was the only Black Civil War officer to be given a field command.
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Denmar Hospital in Pocahontas County was created for Black people suffering from what disease.
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West Virginia's first state park was opened here.
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Nearly how much of West Virginia is covered by forests?
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In what county was the earliest known Episcopal church built in present West Virginia?
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In what county was the Fokker Aircraft Plant?
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