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News and Updates:
Starting in the early 1890s, the coal industry of Pennsylvania moved into the mountains of Virginia. Over the course of the coming century, the towns established by these coal companies to ensure a dependable supply of miners rose and fell with the national economy. Once rails were laid deep into the Appalachian hollows and coke ovens built, production began in earnest starting a boom that would last well into the 1920s. With the boom, came unionism, and with unionism, came the potential for conflict. Having witnessed the incredible violence that placed “Bloody Harlan” in the public consciousness during the 1920s, the Virginia coal operators seemingly sought to “out-union the union” by providing every necessity and many luxuries to those employees who lived in their towns. At the same time, such an environment was fraught with opportunities to exploit workers and their families. Along with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal came labor-friendly legislation in the form of the National Labor Relations Act, which put corporations and workers on level ground for the first time in American history. After World War II, the long decline began and the company owned towns began to either be sold off to individuals or razed. Now, more than a century after the first of these towns was built, many of them still stand as historical monuments to the old practices while still housing yet another generation filled with the same hopes of their predecessors.
Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County is a project of the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth.
Click on shopping to order your copy today!
Lonesome Pine Mountain Music Camp
Saturday August 5- Friday August 11, 2006
Natural Tunnel State Park
Click here to see Power Point slide show of the Music Camp
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Click on these links to go to Coalfield.com to read about recent grants awarded to the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth and other news concerning the community.
$50,000.00 ARC to focus on Music for young people:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16077147&BRD=1283&PAG=461&dept_id=158544&rfi=8
$400,000.00 Youthbuild:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16033375&BRD=1283&PAG=461&dept_id=158544&rfi=8
News about Brushy Fork Trans. :
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16104122&BRD=1283&PAG=461&dept_id=158544
25 Years of Service
The Lonesome Pine Youth Services Board and the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth Staff would like to thank all those who came to celebrate with us on our special day. The "Picnic in the Park" was a huge success! There were over 200 in attendance! Thanks to everyone that helped in any way and to all who could not attend but sent kind words of encouragement, we could not have made it this far with out you.
We look forward to serving the youth and families of Virginia for years to come.
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Wise County Pictorial Now on Sale!!!
Looking Back: Wise County in the Early Years, Second Edition books are now on sale! The Second Edition is a 280 page, hard-back book which includes 35 new pages with over 55 new pictures. You may purchase a copy of the new edition at the following locations:
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Lonesome Pine Office on Youth ( |
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June Tolliver House (Big Stone Gap) |
To order a copy by mail, click on the Wise button at the left to go to the order form and send the form, along with a check or money order for $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling, to:
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth
P.O. Box 568
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Lee County Pictorial On Sale Now!!
The Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society is delighted to announce that the most anticipated Pictorial History of Lee County is now on sale! Over 1,400 photographs were collected and approximately 1,000 will be included in the 400 page hardback book. The cost of the book will be $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling if you would like the book mailed directly to you. Your purchase is tax deductible.
To
order your copy by mail, please click on the Lee button to the left, print
the order form and send it, along with a check or money order payable to the
Lee County Historical & Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 231
Jonesville, VA 24263
You can also mail the order form and a check made out to the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth, to:
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth
P.O. Box 568
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
This
Pictorial
History of Lee County featuring pictures from the 1800’s to 1949
will make an excellent gift. Only
3,000 copies of the book have been printed so make sure to get your copy today!
The books are available by contacting a member of the Lee County
Historical Society directly or stopping in at the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth, located
at 219 Wood Avenue in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Co-Sponsors
of the book include the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth and
Kids in Divorce and Separation Classes
The Kids in Divorce and Separation class is a class that meets the requirements of the state mandate for anyone filing for custody of a child. Each class costs $30, payable when you arrive for class.
Classes are scheduled as needed once monthly on Mondays and Saturdays and are conveniently located at Lonesome Pine Office on Youth , 219 Wood Ave. Big Stone Gap, VA. Classes are added if the number of participants exceeds comfortable class levels. Individuals with an emergency or special need can also be scheduled on non-class days.
If you would like to schedule an appointment for the class, please call Glenda Collins or Teresa Collier at 276-523-5064, extension 15.
Self-Sufficiency Standards for Virginia
How much money does it take for a family to live in Virginia? The Office on Youth would like to inform you of a new resource for answering that very question. There is now a helpful tool on the Voices for Virginia's Children website, http://www.vakids.org, that calculates the cost of living for 70 family types for each of Virginia's 134 localities.
The Self-Sufficiency Standard, which documents the cost of living that families of various sizes must meet in order to live independently, is available under the Family Economic Success link. This tool is a new measure of income adequacy for very minimum needs. It varies by family type, locality and children's ages. This is a very handy tool for working with families and we hope that you find it useful.