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| West Virginia Facts |
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The first brick street in the world was laid in Charleston, West Virginia, on October 23, 1870, on Summers Street, between Kanawha and Virginia Streets. |
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The first federal prison exclusively for women in the United States was opened in 1926 in West Virginia. |
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The first steamboat was launched by James Rumsey in the Potomac River at New Mecklensburg (Shepherdstown), West Virginia on December 3, 1787. |
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