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    Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The town was economically centered around the coal industry for much of its early development...
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  • the story is set in the actual Virginia town of Big Stone Gap circa 1970s. The film had its world premiere at the Virginia Film Festival on November 6,...
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    Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is part of Wise County Public Schools. Union High School is a consolidated school, serving students from Appalachia and Big Stone...
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  • The Big Stone Gap Rebels were a minor league baseball team based in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. From 1949 to 1953, the Rebels played exclusively as members...
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    Adriana Trigiani (category People from Big Stone Gap, Virginia)
    by her Italian American heritage and Appalachian childhood in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Trigiani arrived in New York in 1985 after attending Saint Mary's...
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  • Wallens Ridge State Prison (category 1999 establishments in Virginia)
    located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, housing approximately 1,200 inmates. Since opening in April 1999, it has been a part of the Virginia Department of...
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  • Big Stone Gap East is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Wise County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in...
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    Julius Jones (American football) (category People from Big Stone Gap, Virginia)
    Orleans Saints. Jones was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. His mother, Betty, worked the graveyard shift in a Virginia coal mine for nearly 20 years while...
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    Salt Lake City, Utah Virginia Wallens Ridge State Prison – Big Stone Gap, Virginia Red Onion State Prison – Wise County, Virginia United States Penitentiary...
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    Linwood Holton (category People from Big Stone Gap, Virginia)
    investment. Abner Linwood Holton Jr. was born on September 21, 1923, in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, the son of Edith (Van Gorder), a homemaker, and Abner Linwood...
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