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The Varmint of Burkes Garden

...that the Varmint of Burke's Garden was a coyote that terrorized the community of Burke's Garden, Virginia, in 1952?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court delayed taking up the case of Virginia v. West Virginia for three years because it was deadlocked over whether it had jurisdiction over the issue?
... that Nemattanew, a renegade Powhatan captain dubbed "Jack-of-the-Feather" in 1611 for his extravagant regalia, believed he was invincible to English bullets?
...that the final streetcar to service Roanoke, Virginia went from Grandin Road Commercial Historic District to downtown on July 31, 1948?
...that Lott Cary was an African American slave who became educated, bought his freedom, became a minister and physician, and helped found the Colony of Liberia in Africa in 1822?

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