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| West Virginia Facts |
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One of the nation's oldest and largest Indian burial grounds is located in Moundsville, West Virginia. Its 69 feet high, 900 feet in circumference, and 50 feet high. An inscribed stone was removed from the vault and is on display at the Smithsonian Institute. |
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On January 26, 1960 Danny Heater, a student from Burnsville, West Virginia scored 135 points in a high school basketball game earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. |
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Moundsville, West Virginia is the site of the continent's largest cone-shaped prehistoric burial mound. It is 69 feet high and 900 feet in circumference at the base and was opened on March 19, 1838. |
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