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===Points of interest=== Pocahontas owns and operates the [[Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine|Pocahontas Exhibition Mine and Museum]], a [[National Historic Landmark]] and Virginia's official "coal heritage zone." The "[[show mine]]" features tours into the historic mine that first extracted Pocahontas #3 coal. This was used to heat homes across the United States and was the chosen fuel of the [[United States Navy]]. The exhibition mine features a {{convert|13|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} [[coal seam]], museum, education center, and restaurant. The museum created 16 new jobs and had over 3,500 visitors in 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2022 |title=Pocahontas Exhibition Mine Celebrates a New Era for Tourism |url=https://energy.virginia.gov/public/documents/newsroom/2022/Press_Release_Pocahontas_Exhibition_Mine_Celebrates_New_Era20220526.pdf |access-date=October 21, 2022 |website=Press Release Pocahontas Exhibition Mine Celebration}}</ref> The Pocahontas Cemetery contains the side-by-side graves of 144 miners killed in a mine explosion in Pocahontas in 1884.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pocahontas Cemetery {{!}} Visit Tazewell County |url=https://visittazewellcounty.org/pocahontas-cemetary/ |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=visittazewellcounty.org}}</ref> A memorial for the victims is held each April.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coppola |first=Emily D. |date=April 28, 2019 |title=Memorial held for Pocahontas coal miners lost in 1884 explosion |url=https://www.bdtonline.com/news/memorial-held-for-pocahontas-coal-miners-lost-in-1884-explosion/article_43fc2cd6-6954-11e9-ad24-6745c539fb7c.html |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=Bluefield Daily Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church, built by Hungarian immigrants who came to work in the coal mines, features ten life-sized murals on the ceiling and walls. The church holds an annual Hungarian [[cabbage roll]] dinner to honor the European heritage of workers in the coalfields.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
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