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 * ... that according to a diocesan official of Richmond, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (pictured) was the world's only cathedral financed by a single family?
 * ... that the Huckleberry Trail takes its name from the former Virginia Anthracite & Coal Railroad, nicknamed the Huckleberry, on whose abandoned railbed this rail trail was constructed?
 * ... that the National Hockey League rejected a bid for an expansion team in Norfolk, Virginia, even after more than 5,000 season tickets were sold?
 * ...that soon after John Gabriel Jones helped convince the Virginia General Assembly to create Kentucky County, he was killed in an ambush led by Mingo chieftain Pluggy?

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