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- TAZEWELL
- TAZEWELL COUNTY
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Visitor Information
- Tazewell County Visitors
Center - Enjoy the great
outdoors experience in Four Seasons Country. Proclaimed one of
twenty “Last Great Places” by the Nature Conservancy,
Tazewell County is situated in the majestic Appalachian Mountains
of Southwest Virginia at the headwaters of the Clinch and Bluestone
Rivers. Come discover the beautiful scenery, God’s Thumb
Print, Mountain Heritage Birding and Wildlife Trail, the world’s
oldest exhibition coal mine, driving trails, historic museums,
festivals, historical sites and traditional mountain music. Contact
Tazewell County Visitors Center, 200 Sanders Lane, Bluefield,
VA 24605, 800-988-9401, www.tazewellcounty.org,
tcvc@4seasonswireless.net.
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- Special Events
April - 3rd Saturday - Sheep Shearing Day, Thistle Cove Farm,
Tazewell, VA
April - 3rd or 4th weekend - Jeffersonville Skirmish
April - last Saturday - Coal Heritage Days Festival & Candlelight
Memorial Service
May - 2nd Weekend - Bluefield Heritage Days, Bluefield, VA
June - 3rd week - Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce Festival,
July 4 - Independence Day Celebration
July 4 - Jewell Ridge Homecoming
July - 2nd or 3rd weekend - Tazewell County Old Time
Bluegrass & Fiddlers’ Convention
July - 4th Saturday - Main Street Heritage Festival
August - 1st entire week - Tazewell County Fair
August - 2nd Saturday: Tazewell County Airport Fly-In
September - 2nd Saturday - Bluefield’s Autumn Jamboree
September - 3rd Saturday - Cedar Bluff Heritage Festival
September - last Saturday - Burke’s Garden Fall Festival
October - 1st Saturday - Richlands Fall Festival
October - 2nd Saturday - Ostrich Festival
November - Thanksgiving Night through First Week in January
- Festival of Lights
December - 2nd Friday - Christmas on the Frontier
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 Things
To Do
Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park, Located
in Tazewell between Bluefield and Abingdon, featuring a significant
collection of Native American and early settler artifacts, with
permanent exhibits on early maps, animals of the region, fossils,
Revolutionary War, farm heritage, the Civil War, 1900s industry,
and Appalachian culture. Fourteen log buildings from the 1800s
depict life on the frontier. Gift shop with distinctive items
related to area history, books and handmade regional crafts.
Guided group tours available on Pioneer Life, the Revolutionary
War and Native Americans. Admission charged. Discounts for AARP
or AAA members and visitors over 60. Open M-F 9 -5 all year,
Saturdays 9-5 April - December, Sundays 1-5 Memorial Day - Labor
Day. Route 1, Box 194, Tazewell, VA 24651, 276-988-6755. www.craborchardmuseum.com.
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- EVENTS AT CRAB ORCHARD MUSEUM
April - 3rd or 4th weekend - Jeffersonville Skirmish
July 4th - Independence Day Celebration
July - 2nd or 3rd weekend - Tazewell County Old Time
Bluegrass & Fiddlers’ Convention
December - 2nd Friday - Christmas on the Frontier
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- POUNDING MILL
Restaurants
Cuz’s Cabins and Restaurant
- Unique lodging, world class cuisine, unsual decor, draws from
all over U.S. Famous since 1979. Great food, beautiful cabins.
Foodies travel from all over. Must stop! Box 343, Rt. 460, Pounding
Mill, VA 24637 (276) 964-9014, cuzsuptownbbq@yahoo.com,
www.cuzs.us.
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