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100
Was named state librarian in 1901
What is Samuel W. Starks
100
Fort Neally, built in the mid 1750s, stood in this present-day West Virginia county.
What is Berckley County
100
This country music singer, whose debut album Where I Belong was released in 2004, is a native of Charleston.
What is Rachel Proctor
100
Dunkard Fork Lake is located in this county.
What is Marshall County
100
Who commanded the colonial army in the Battle of Point Pleasant?
What is General Andrew Lewis
200
Served as a Union officer during the Civil War, later served as secretary of the navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
What is Nathan Golff of Clarksburg
200
This outdoor Civil War drama opened at Grandview Park in 1961
What is "Honey in the Rock”
200
On January 24, 1960, this noted civil rights leader preached at Charleston's First Baptist Church.
What is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area is located in this West Virginia county.
What is McDowell County
200
This woman, who was murdered in 1897, became known as the "Greenbrier Ghost."
What is Zona Heaster Shue
300
This Beckley native was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 1998.
What is Bob Pruett
300
The first adult drug court in West Virginia opened in this time.
What is 2005 in the Northern Panhandle
300
The West Virginia Coal Festival is held annually in this community.
What is Madison
300
This Mercer County community was named for the daughter of Chief Powhatan.
What is Mercer County community of Matoaka
300
What was the name of the first newspaper published in present-day West Virginia?
What is The Potomak Guardian
400
This Berkeley Springs resident invented a steam-powered boat which was first demonstrated at Shepherdstown in 1787.
What is James Rumsey
400
The oldest continuously used Presbyterian church west of the Allegheny Mountains is located in this Greenbrier County community.
What is Lewisburg
400
In 1749, this French explorer descended the Ohio River on an expedition to claim the Ohio Valley for France and buried lead plates along the river in a number of locations, including present-day Wheeling and Point Pleasant.
What is French explorer Pierre Joseph Celoron de Blainville
400
This West Virginia governor, who served from 1929 to 1933, was the founder and editor of the Parsons Advocate newspaper.
What is Governor William G. Conley
400
Where was the trial of John Brown held?
What is at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town
500
West Virginia's most famous mass murderer was known as the "Bluebeard of Quiet Dell." What was his real name?
What is Harry Powers
500
Pricketts Fort State Park is located in what county?
What is Marion County
500
On January 28, 1921, the murder trial of police chief Sid Hatfield for his role in the Matewan Massacre began in this Mingo County community.
What is Williamson, the county seat of Mingo County
500
The first structure in the U.S. to honor African Americans who served in World War I was built in this McDowell County community.
What is community of Kimball
500
This doctor, who lived in Mason County, performed the first Caesarian section operation in the United States.
What is Dr. Jesse Bennett
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