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Dr. Ben Bankhurst

Dr. Ben Bankhurst is the director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at Shepherdstown University and the Ray and Madeleine Professor of American History.

Map showing eastern panhandle of West Virginia

1937 Map of West Virginia

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