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Here's how West Virginia's unique eastern panhandle came to be

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SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s remarkable shape is rendered even more so by its eastern panhandle, which extends nearly 100 miles eastward from the central state toward Washington, D.C. How did this oddity come to be? More than anything else, its creation is tied to one crucial piece of infrastructure—the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The […]

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