Louis had been seen to explode in the air over the Alleghenies and plummet to the earth in flames.

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The Alleghenies setting is splendid, and in 2010 the resort's four golf courses attracted its first-ever PGA event, the Greenbrier Classic.

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When the U.S expanded westward beyond the Alleghenies in the early 19th century, the topographical engineers, whose task was to survey the land into townships and sections before it was settled, immediately followed the fur trappers.

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