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Brumley Gap, Virginia
[edit]Brumley Gap, Virginia | |
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 Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 36°48′07″N 82°01′37″W / 36.80194°N 82.02694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Washington |
| Elevation | 1,709 ft (521 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 24210 |
| Area code | 276 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1493843[1] |
Brumley Gap may get its name from Richard Brumley (circa 1773) who owned 80 acres along the North Fork of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia[2]
Sam Dickenson was president of the Brumley Gap Concerned Citizens (BGCC) organization.[3][4]
Brumley Gap: People Power Prevailing Over Corporate America[5]
In Virginia: Taking On a Dam Site[6]
Minnie Ma Scyphers' paintings tell the story of a life in Brumley Gap[7]
From 1977 to 1982, Austin turned his attention to a more local issue. American Electric Power planned to build the nation's largest pumped-storage hydroelectric facility at Brumley Gap in southwestern Virginia. Austin led the Coalition of American Electric Consumers that forced American Electric Power to withdraw their plans.[8]
"David and Goliath revisited: lessons from the Brumley Gap Concerned Citizens' struggle to save their valley" by Dawn Alexander E&H 1993 (E&H Library AC801.P6 A44)
Notes
[edit]- ^ GNIS
- ^ Tennis 2004, p.86
- ^ Sierra Club bulletin, Volume 69
- ^ Author 1979, p.34
- ^ http://www2.tricities.com/news/2008/aug/10/brumley_gap_people_power_prevailing_over_corporate-ar-253920/ Bristol Herald-Courier, Debra McCown Published: August 10, 2008
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,920144,00.html Time Magazine, Joëlle Attinger, Monday, Feb. 26, 1979
- ^ http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/jul/23/paintings-tell-story-life-brumley-gap-ar-347520/ Bristol Herald-Courier Debra McCowan, July 23, 2010
- ^ http://www.creeksidepress.com/biography.html Dick Austin's biography at Creekside Press
References
[edit]- Author, John (1979). "Brumley Gap," A.D.: United Church of Christ, 8(1)
- Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. Johnson City, TN: Overmountian Press. ISBN: 1570722560. Google Book Search. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- GNIS: Geographic Names Information System Retrieved April 20, 2011.