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Brumley Gap, Virginia
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

Sam Dickenson was president of the Brumley Gap Concerned Citizens (BGCC) organization.

Brumley Gap: People Power Prevailing Over Corporate America

In Virginia: Taking On a Dam Site

Minnie Ma Scyphers' paintings tell the story of a life in Brumley Gap

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.

"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)