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  2. Big Stone Gap, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The "Big Stone Gap" refers to the valley created on the Appalachia Straight, located between the town and Appalachia. The town served as an important center for coal and iron development in the 1880s and 1890s and residents hoped its coal and iron ore deposits would make it "the Pittsburgh of the South." [6]

  3. Powell Valley - Wikipedia

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    Powell Valley in southwest Virginia, in the United States, is located near the city of Norton and the town of Big Stone Gap in Wise County, Virginia. Powell Valley is a picturesque location, with an overlook accessible from the Northbound lanes of U.S. Route 23. A number of homes, farms, and a church are located in the valley below the overlook.

  4. List of gaps of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Allison Gap, Virginia on Poor Valley Road 613, Smyth County; East Stone Gap, Virginia on Orby Cantrell Highway or U.S. Route 58 Alternate; Big Stone Gap, Virginia; Olinger Gap north of Low Gap near Old Still Hollow; Low Gap east of Scott Gap; Scott Gap east of Dalton Gap; Dalton Gap north of Pennington Gap

  5. Powell River (Tennessee River tributary) - Wikipedia

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    The river flows past Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and then runs nearly the entire length of Lee County, Virginia. It drains approximately 954 square miles (2,471 km 2) in both Virginia and Tennessee before reaching its confluence with the Clinch River in the Norris Lake reservoir at the site of the town of Grantsboro, Tennessee.

  6. Union High School (Big Stone Gap, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Union High School originally opened in mid-August 2011. The school was formed with the consolidation of Appalachia High School and Powell Valley High School during late 2010–2011 under the direction of Wise County Public Schools in a plan that brought the number of high schools in the county from six to three.

  7. Traverse Gap - Wikipedia

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    Traverse Gap looking south from ice-covered Lake Traverse (bottom of frame) to Big Stone Lake (top). Interbasin flooding is shown: The Little Minnesota River in the Mississippi watershed is entering from the west (meanders at center right margin) and is flooding the Traverse Gap (gray water, surrounding the town of Browns Valley in the center).

  8. Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park - Wikipedia

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    It is located in Big Stone Gap, in a house built in the 1880s for former Virginia Attorney General, Rufus A. Ayers. It was designed and built by Charles A. Johnson. Construction began in 1888 and was completed in 1895. [3] The limestone and sandstone used on the exterior walls came from area quarries. Red oak lines the interior walls and ceilings.

  9. Wise County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Clinch Valley Times is a weekly newspaper serving Castlewood and St. Paul, Virginia, and the surrounding areas. The Coalfield Progress [15] is a twice-weekly newspaper covering news through the county. The Post also at [15] is a weekly newspaper serving Big Stone Gap, Virginia and the surrounding areas.

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