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Roanoke


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Roanoke

Big Lick

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located between Blue Ridge & Alleghany Mountains; site of large railroad shops & offices; expanded with construction of Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Parkway; site of several universities & colleges.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);

Died

John R. Ballator (American, 1909-1967)

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