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  Bluefield, West Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Today's Bluefield does not resemble the Bluefield of long past because today's Bluefield is a sleepy town, almost a ghost town compared to the hustle and bustle of the years from 1890 to 1960, the coal rush years.
Bluefield is the home of the Bluefield Orioles minor league baseball team which plays their home games at Bowen Field.
Bluefield is largely as football town and the rivalry between the Bluefield Beavers and their sister city Bluefield, Virginia's Graham G-Men always draw a large crowd at Mitchell Stadium.
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 Bluefield, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The town was renamed Bluefield in 1924 during a marriage ceremony, which was held in the city park to celebrate the renaming of the community to match its sister city across the West Virginia state line.
Bluefield, Virginia's most famous residents are Bill Dudley, an NFL Hall of Famer who now coaches the city's semi-professional football team, the Bluefield Barons; and the widow of the late western actor Loren Green, who lives in a mansion atop a hill overlooking the town's most historic home, the Sanders house.
The Bluefield Orioles, a minor league baseball team, play their home games at Bowen Field, a stadium in the city park that serves both Bluefield and its neighbor of the same name in West Virginia.
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 BluefieldWV.Net - Bluefield, West Virginia (WV)
Bluefield sits at the base of East River Mountain and adjacent to the Virginia state line.
Bluefield is home of the Bluefield Orioles, a farm team for the Baltimore Orioles.
Bluefield's is $27,672 whereas the country's is $41,994.
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 BluefieldVA.Com - Bluefield, Virginia (VA)
Bluefield, Virginia is located in Tazewell County beside the larger city of Bluefield, West Virginia.
Bluefield is known as Virginia's Tallest Town due to being at the highest elevation of any town in the state.
Bluefield's is $32,157 whereas the country's is $41,994.
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 Welcome to Bluefield, West Virginia!
Bluefield was born when the mighty Norfolk and Western Railway chose the valley for the location of its vital Pocahontas Division headquarters.
Officially incorporated in November 1889, the town grew spectacularly, paralleling the explosion of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
Bluefield Colored Institute, founded in 1895 to train African-American teachers for the segregated schools in the coal camps, emerged as Bluefield State College, a centerpiece of the rich and vibrant fl community.
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 Bluefield.Net - Bluefield, Virginia (VA) and Bluefield, West Virginia (WV)
The two Bluefields sit at the base of East River Mountain and are divided by the Virginia / West Virginia state line.
Bluefield, West Virginia located in Mercer County and is known as Nature's Air Conditioned City.
In the year 2000 census, Bluefield, Virginia's population was 5,078 while Bluefield, West Virginia's population was 11,451.
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 Bluefield, West Virginia - West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia
Bluefield was so named because of the luxuriant growth in that section at the time of a weed, with a dark blue flower, which is a species of chicory, and also because of the blue grass which grows in such abundance in the county.
Bluefield, WV Bluefield, WV is located about: 9 miles southeast of Bramwell, WV; 12 miles southwest of Princeton, WV; 25 miles west of Glen Lyn, VA; and 38 miles northwest of Wytheville, VA.
Bluefield, WV is the location of Bluefield State College, a traditionally fl college, originally established in 1895 by act of Legislature as Bluefield Colored Institute.
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 John F. Nash, Jr. - Autobiography
She had studied at West Virginia University and was a school teacher before her marriage, teaching English and sometimes Latin.
Bluefield, a small city in a comparatively remote geographical location in the Appalachians, was not a community of scholars or of high technology.
It was a center of businessmen, lawyers, etc. that owed its existence to the railroad and the rich nearby coal fields of West Virginia and western Virginia.
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 Bluefield, WV Hotels, Motels : Lodging near/in Bluefield, West Virginia
This Bluefield, WV hotel or motel is located 0.7 air miles from the center of Bluefield, West Virginia (WV).
This Bluefield, WV hotel or motel is located 1.8 air miles from the center of Bluefield, West Virginia (WV).
This Bluefield, VA hotel or motel is located 2.3 air miles from the center of Bluefield, West Virginia (WV).
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 Welcome to Bluefield, West Virginia!
The Bluefield Fire Department is an agency of help for persons residing in, working in or traveling through the City of Bluefield WV.
This is made possible by the dedication and sense of purpose of those individuals who comprise the Bluefield Fire Department.
Bluefield, WV CivicPlus © 1997-2006 All rights reserved.
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 Relocation Bluefield WV West Virginia, Moving + Jobs - City Guide
Search Home Rentals and Houses for Rent in Bluefield, WV West Virginia RentalHouses.com is your online source for available rental homes and homes for rent in Bluefield, West Virginia.
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 Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV - Among West Virginia's best
All three schools are well-represented on the Class AA all-state team announced Thursday by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
Sperlazza was a spot player in the Red Rider secondary, but he did most of his damage at quarterback, throwing for 1,148 yards and 19 touchdowns and rushing for 450 yards and four other scores.
Bluefield’s Matt Carter leads the four-man defensive front that also includes Wayne’s Eddie White, Tolsia’s Timmy Evans and Iaeger’s John Rowe.
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 Apartment Complexes in Bluefield, West Virginia and Princeton, West Virginia
But the West Virginia city is the dominant force.
As headquarters of Norfolk and Western Railroad's Pocahontas Division, the town was for a long time a humming hub of West Virginia coal mining.
And by the never-ending breezes that stir the trees on the distant hill.
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 Bluefield, West Virginia
West Virginia - New River/ Greenbrier Valley Region
Bluefield was founded in 1889 as the regional headquarters of the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Bluefield is the southern point of the Coal Heritage Trail, which ends in Beckley.
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 History of WHIS-TV/WVVA, Bluefield, West Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
WHIS management petitioned the FCC to change this line to conform with the southern West Virginia boundary, and that petition was finally granted after many trips to Washington and a number of hearings were held.
A construction permit had to be applied for, and when that time came there was opposition to the granting of the permit by a group of Beckley and Bluefield citizens who formed a company of their own to seek a permit for the station.
The town, partly in Virginia and partly in West Virginia, once was solely a thriving bituminous coal community, but has since successfully adapted its industrial format to keep pace with progress.
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 Bluefield, West Virginia - Real Estate, Homes, Property, Commercial
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 Sporting News, The: Baltimore, Bluefield: birds of a feather - Orioles and Bluefield, West Virginia
Baltimore, Bluefield: birds of a feather - Orioles and Bluefield, West Virginia
She lives in Bluefield, W.Va., home to the Baltimore Orioles' farm club in the rookie Appalachian League.
In the summer of 1978, the Orioles assigned their second-round draft pick, Cal Ripken Jr., to Bluefield, and that summer he and two other players stayed with Short.
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 Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogical Records Information
Which includes Mercer County, West Virginia County Records, Mercer County, West Virginia History, Mercer County, West Virginia Facts, Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogical Addresses and websites related to Mercer County, West Virginia Genealogy in general.
West Virginia and U.S. Censuses, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Court and Probate Records, Land Records, Military Records, Church and Cemetery Records, Tax Records, Immigration Records, Historical Newspapers, Family Trees, Family & Local Histories
Mercer County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 17, 1837, from parts of Giles and Tazewell counties (Virginia).
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 Bluefield, West Virginia (Cities)
Located in [54055] (Southern Region), the city was founded in 1889 as the regional headquarters of the Norfolk & Western Railway, remnants of the natural gravity switching yards remain in Bluefield.
South of the town, the border between the two Virginias is on the crest of East River Mountain.
A sister city, Bluefield Va. lies to the southwest.
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 Shopping Bluefield WV West Virginia + Outlet Mall - City Guide
Bluefield Antiques 1801 Bluefield Avenue, Bluefield, WV 24701,
Choose from a collection of souveniers and unique gifts, many of which are West Virginia specialties.
New To You 1116 Bluefield Avenue, Bluefield, WV 24701,
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 Welcome to Bluefield, West Virginia!
reetings from Bluefield, the Southern Gateway to the beautiful State of West Virginia.
With a population of over 11,000 people, Bluefield is a thriving community nestled in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Range.
Bluefield's relatively high elevation is responsible for the moderate summer climate, which has earned it the title of "Nature's Air Conditioned City."
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 Bluefield, West Virginia-Virginia, Outdoors Recreation
Lots of great nature around Bluefield, West Virginia-Virginia just waiting to be explored.
Pinnacle Creek, West Virginia, CR 18 bridge to confluence with Guyandotte River
Brush Creek, West Virginia, Confluence of Beaver Branch to confluence of Bluestone River
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 WVVA TV :: Bluefield, WV
The private schools are blowing a whistle and calling foul on the latest proposal that would separate private schools into their own class.
With week's to go before the NFL Draft, former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick is working on improving his image.
It has not been the year for Southern West Virginia in High school softball this year.
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 Bluefield, West Virginia (WV) Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, ...
Bluefield, West Virginia (WV) Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, crime,...
Back to West Virginia big cities, WV smaller cities, WV small cities, All Cities.
Bluefield, West Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
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 Bluefield, West Virginia Bed and Breakfast Inn - Country Chalet Bed and Breakfast - Bluefield Lodging - Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bluefield, West Virginia Bed and Breakfast Inn - Country Chalet Bed and Breakfast - Bluefield Lodging - Introduction
Whether you are in southern West Virginia for pleasure, business or are just passing through, we know you'll enjoy the secluded privacy of our cozy, casual, rustic setting.
We are centrally located between Princeton and Bluefield on the New Hope Road/Route 20 in southern West Virginia.
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 Mercer County Airport Bluefield, West Virginia (Airports)
Mercer County Airport serves Bluefield and Mercer County and is owned by Mercer Co Arpt Auth Inc. The paved runway extends for 4742 feet.
The facility is at an elevation of 2857 feet at a distance of about 3 miles from Bluefield.
Nearby accommodations include Econo Lodge Bluefield, Ramada Inn East River Mountain, Holiday Inn On The Hill, and Bluefield Knights Inn, within about 3 miles of the facilities.
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