The "Big Stone Gap" refers to the valley created on the Appalachia Straight, located between the town and Appalachia. Landmarks include Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park, June Tolliver House and John Fox, Jr. House. Big Stone Gap is the birthplace of A. Linwood Holton, Jr., politician.
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Nine local landmarks, archival matte
Its landmark photo in a classic travel-poster layout
A local landmark photo as a gallery print
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The town's story in dates, from its own records, for home or classroom
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Red heavy-blend crewneck, knit-stitch town print
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Large-letter postcard art filled with local photos
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12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
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A local landmark photo with the town name, 18″×18″
Sturdy all-over-print tote
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Foam-front trucker, printed (not embroidered) with local photos
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6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
The town's earliest Sanborn fire-insurance map, drawn building by building and hand-coloured, from the Library of Congress
Population 2010: 5,614 → 2010: 5,643 → 2020: 5,254
From Wikidata (CC0).
The community was formerly known as "Mineral City" and "Three Forks" before officially taking its name in 1888. 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", although that nickname would later be used by the significantly larger city of Birmingham, Alabama.
The Big Stone Gap post office was established in 1856. The Christ Episcopal Church, John Fox, Jr. House, Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park, Terrace Park Girl Scout Cabin, June Tolliver House, and C. Bascom Slemp Federal Building are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In October 1978, John W. Warner, then the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia, and his wife, British-American actress Elizabeth Taylor, stopped in Big Stone Gap to campaign for his upcoming election. At Fraley's Coach House, a local diner where they were each meeting with voters, Taylor choked on a chicken bone in her esophagus and was transported to the nearby Lonesome Pine Regional Hospital. Taylor recovered from the event and later sent a donation to the hospital as a thank you.
In 2014, the American drama romantic comedy film Big Stone Gap, written and directed by Big Stone Gap native Adriana Trigiani and produced by Donna Gigliotti, began filming in the town. The film starred Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, and others, including local talent for many of the background extras in larger scenes. The movie was based on Trigiani's 2000 novel of the same name and was produced on a $3.5-million budget. The film premiered at the Virginia Film Festival on November 6, 2014, and expanded to a wider release of over 100 theaters in 2015.
Big Stone Gap became the first locality in the nation to pass a resolution in support of the federal Black Lung Disability Trust Fund on August 16, 2018. The measure passed unanimously and urged Congress to support the existing tax rate at the time.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Big Stone Gap, Virginia, revision 1378496510 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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6 free coloring pages of Big Stone Gap, each traced from a photo of a local landmark. Print them at home, at school or for story hour.
Big Stone Gap's population was 5,254 in the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 5,614 in 2010.
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park
June Tolliver House
John Fox, Jr. House
Christ Episcopal Church