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Tags: 2/4/99, 608, Loma Atwell Tibbs, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 3/9/04, 428, Bibliography, David Gore, Life in Bland County, Lorene Newberry, This is an interview with Lorene Newberry about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 11/4/06, 507, Annie Richardson, Beckley, Bill Gills, Bland County, Christmas, Crab Orchard, Dall Davis, Dinky Track, Floyd, Garland Updike, Grand Old Opera, Grey Hound Bus, Harley Richarson, Harry Thompson, Laura Sisson, Laurel, Laurel Fork, Life in Bland County, Loretta Thompson, Loretta Thompson discusses her life and memories in Bland County., Ohio, Palmer Carroll, Pameral Carroll’s Store, Princeton Hospital, Rocky Gap, Victoria

Tags: 3/10/08, 519, and Rocky Gap., Annie Bell Richardson, Arlie Richardson, Bessie Gills, Bland County, Bland County Fair, Bluefield, Bukhart & Carroll, Carroll County, Christmas, Danielle Jennings, Danny Ray Thompson, Dinky Track, Donna Kay Thompson, Elbert Richardson, Fay Hodges, Giles County, Grey Hound Bus, Halloween, Harry Thompson, Her earlier life in the County, I.B. Underwood, John Richardson, Korean War, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Laurel Fork Road, Life in Bland County, Loretta talks about her earlier life in Laurel, Loretta Thompson, Louise Richardson, Riley Richardson, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roy Akers, Sarah Victoria, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virginia Richardson, Wilburn Richardson, World War 2

Tags: 256, 9/10/99, Allen Woodyard, Arthur King, Auburn, Barbara Place, Basketball, Bastian, Bill, Bill Monroe, Biology, Bland Correctional Center, Bland High School, Bob, bookkeeping, canning, CCC, Ceres, Charles, Charlie Barbara Farm, Charlie Barbers, Chemistry, chores, Christmas, churning butter, Correctional, creek, Dollins, Dr. Kegley, Dr. Webner, Dublin, Dublin High School, Dublin Theatre, Earl, Edna May, electricity, Elvis, Emeryl, English, Fanning Farm, Farming, FDR, fishing, Florence Gertrude Hamilton Jenning, Fred, games, gardening, GED, George Farris, Georgie Bird, Giles, Grand ‘Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greenville Farm, Hamlen Jenning, heat, Highland, Hoover, Jack King, Jane Stafford, John Wayne, Korean War, Laura Bridges, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lorraine Tolbert, Lou, lunch, Maggie Leona, Margaret Thompson, Martha Pruett, Mary Stuart, Math, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Motten B, Mr. Ed Hamlen, Mrs Franklin, Mrs. Labellops, Mrs. Via, Ms, Ms. Ethel Billops, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hilly Munsey, Ms. Lydia Stuart, Ms. Meryl Stuart, Ms. Ramsey, National Gypsum, Nellie Live, Orson Willy Jenning, Pearl Harbor, plumbing, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Pulaski, PWA, Radford, Rev. Anderson, Rita Locust, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap High School, Roosevelt, rummie, running water, School, Science, Shorthand, snow, stock market, telephone, Thanksgiving, Tommy Dollins, toys, TV, Typing, Walker Creek, Walker School House, Wally Edna Jenning, West Virginia, White Gate, World War I, World War II, WPA, wrestling

Tags: 4/14/07, 407, Ashley Rife, Louise Aliff

Tags: 2/8/99, 626, Louise Cassell Meck, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 715, 9/19/11, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobby Joe Gibson, Graham High School, Lexie Brown, Life in Bland County, Louise Gibson, Louise Gibson life in Bland County, May, Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Wingate, Rocky Gap

Tags: 6/30/10, 691, Alex Wright, Blake Stowers, Krystal Carver, Louise Morgan

Tags: 12/24/99, 285, Alta Vista, Appalachain Trail, Betty K. Munsey, Biographical, Bland County, chickens, Chilhowie, Christmas, Claytor Lake, Dr. Malin, Emory and Henry College, Farming, fruit orchards, Galax, gardening, Giles County, Life in Bland County, Louise Munsey, Maple candy, Mr. Clint Moss, Mr. Munsey, Mr. Weaver Carr., Old Meadow, Patton Munsey, Penley Hill, picking berries, Rev. Robert Sheffey, syrup making, This is an interview with Louise Munsey about her life in Bland County., Wytheville

Tags: 4/18/08, 526, Biographical, Danielle Jennings, Louise Neal

Tags: 1/2/08, 568, Blake Stowers and Jordon Looney, Growing up in Bland County., Lucy Litton

Tags: 2/9/99, 627, Lucy Whitworth Rudder, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 340, 4/17/01, Biographical, Jason Burton, Life in Bland County, Luke Lambert, This is an interview with Luke Lambert about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 220, 4/10/96, Adner, Alonzo, Amos, Andy, Arver and Ollie Barnett, auction, baby shirts, Bastian, Bastian factory, Bastian Sports Wear, beds, Belcher’s Bridge, Betsy Dent, Beverly Floyd Hall, Beverly Hall, Bill Monroe, Biographical, biscuts, blackberries, Bland, bleach, blue ribbon, Bluefield, bread, bus, butter, cakes, canning book, car, carrots, chairs, Charleston, checkers, chicken, children, chimneys, chores, Christmas tree, Church, churn, cigars, Clarence, Clinton, Color Francis, cooker stove, corn, Corner Diner, country music, cow, creek, custards, Dave, Denita Blankenship, desk, Diamond School, dinner, dish pan, dolls, Dolly, East End School, education, Effie, electricity, factory, Family/People, fire, Florida, flower, food, fox and the goose, Frank Sinatra, fried potatoes, G. I. Joe, garden, garments, Garneth Havens, Grand Ol’ Oprey, grandpa Hall (Joe), Graton, groceries, Hardwood place, hatchet, hide-and-go-seek, holidays, house, Huntington, Icem, infant clothes, Jack, Jan, Jay Fred’s store, Jean Autry, jelly, Jew, Jimmy Dickens., Joe, Kate, Kate Long, kettles, kitchen, lard, Laura, Leonard, Lonzo, Lula Barnette, lumber grader, lunch, Macy Havens, marbles, meal, meals, men’s shirts, milk, Minnie Pearl, movie, Mr. Garret, Mr. Icem, Mr. Lawrence Lurber, Mr. Risen, Mrs. Havens, Mrs. Peery, music, Nell Katherine, New York, news, Nub, oil lamp, oven, paddle, peanut-butter sandwich, peas, Perry Como, phone, pop, popcorn, porch, pot-bellied stove, potatoes, preacher, radio, railroad ties, Railroad track, Reba, record player, Regina Harmon, restaurant, Rich School, Roanoke Fashion, Robert Hottie, Ronnie, Roy Acuff, Roy Rogers, Ruben, Ruby, Santa Clause, Saw Mill, school house, service, seventh grade, show, shows, Shufflebarger’s Store, Shufflebargers, singer, sink, store, stoves, street, tables, tag, taxes, Tazewell, teachers, television, tomatoes, town, toys, trailer, train, trimming, Trina Jackson, Virginia, wash board, wash dishes, West Graham, West Virginia, Witcher Creek, wood stove, Wytheville

Tags: 250, 4/7/99, Biographical interview conducted with Lula Blankenships, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, chores, Christmas, Courtney Simpkins, Courtney Simpkins & Laura Rife, Dismal Creek, Eleanor Johnson., Emory, Family/People, Farming, Ford, house, Kegley Manor, Laura Rife, Lula Blankenship, Lula K. Mitchell Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Miller, Mitchell, Mr. Dodson, Robert Blankenship, School, Tap Piano, Trent’s, Virginia

Tags: 2/1/12, 717, Big Snow, Birthday, Christmas, David Williams, Franklin County, John Dodson, Lula Hardin, Lula Hardin talks about her life and working at Tultex for twenty-two years., sewing factory, Thanksgiving, Tultex, Valentines Day, Zella Faulkner

Tags: 2/21/99, 242, Alaska, Arizona, Boise City, British, California, Camp Cook, Cape Drake Japan, Captain Brinkman, Chicago, Cleveland, Corporal Hartley, Everett Harless, Filipino, Fort Bellvore, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Knox, Fort Lawton, Fort Majuco, Fort Meade, General Ship Hissleman, George Harless, Greeks, Hokeito, Jeremy Harless, Jeremy R. Harless, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Luther May Harless, MacArthur, Maryland, New York Central Railroad, North Carolina, Northern Japan, Ohio, opium, Orville Harless, Paul Harless, Pee Wee Smith, President Truman, Pu’san Harbor, Richmond, San Francisco, Seattle, Sergeant Baber, Sergeant Wigga, Sergeant Wolky, South Carolina, South Gap, Tadco, Tagus, Thailanders, Tokyo, U.S.N.S. Marine Atered, Virginia, War, Washington, West Virginia

Tags: 0044, 4/6/93, 44, Burkes Garden, David Kline, Family Life, Habakkuk., History of Amish Farming, Isaiah, Jennifer Brown, Lydia Snappe, Maryland, Pictures: Jakob Amman, Snappe Family, This is a report about Amish farming based on many sources including an interview with Lydia Snappe., Work

Tags: 2/15/03, 399, Arvin Shrader, Bastian Union Church, Biographical, Blanche Shrader, Britany Bowling/Nikki McLeamore, Christmas, Daniel Shrader, Elis Shrader, Franklin Roosevelt, Halloween, Hazel Stowers, Hipe Crabtree, Joseph Shrader, Katherine Shrader, Kathy Billis, Leslie Cochran, Life in Bland County, Louise Compton, Lyndsey Shrader Cochrane, Mark Shrader, Mary Crabtree, Mike Shrader, Narrows, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Round Bottom Methodist Church, Susan Crabtree, Unis Shrader, William Sharder Burton, Wolf Creek, World War II

Tags: 0319, 12/29/00, 319, 4th of July, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Burkes Garden, Captain Sam Newberry, Chilhowie, Christmas, Clearfork, Easter, Eisenhower, FFA, Geraldine Scott Bowen, Ingrid Bergamn, Jeananne Hoge, Jeff Hoge, Jessica Bowen, Johnson: Nixon, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Lucy Kidd Newberry, M.H. Bowen Jr, M.H. Bowen Jr., M.H. Bowen Sr, Mary Elizabeth, Maytag, Meek Hoge, Meek Hoge III, Mill Wall, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Tazewell County, Theater Barber Shop, This is an interview with M.H. Bowen Jr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson Crockett Bowen, Tiffany Lee, Valentines, Virginia Newberry Bowen, William Allan Newberry, World War II

Tags: 0003, 3, 5/25/93, Abington, Allen Hill, and Kate Shrader about the railroad in Bland County., Bastian, Bill Sanders, Bill Wonsely, Bluefield, Booker Pilliam, Bridge Number 2, Buckhorn, Buckhorn Timber, Bude Hale, Burkes Garden, Calanease, CCC Camp, Chappel, Coeburn, Conley's store, Dave Conley: Mr. Halley, Dinky Railroad, Donald, first ford, Gene Davis, George Morehead, Giles County, Grapefield, Hicksville, History of The Railroad In Bland County, Holston & Western Railroad Company, Interstate Commerce Commission, Kate Shrader, Lees and McVitty, Logging, Mabel Pruett/Gene Davis/Kate Shrader, mail order catalogs, Mike, Mr. Tabor, Mr. W.E. Mingea Jr., Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Mabel Pruett, Narrows, Niday, No Business, Norfolk & Western Railroad Company, Norris (South Gap), passenger cars, paul Clark, Pennsylvania, Penvir, Philidelphia, Poor Valley, Post Office, Professor Henderson. New River, Radford, Railroad, Railroad track, Rich Mountain, Ritter Lumber Company, road 61, Rocky Gapa, Round Bottom, S. Robinson, Salem, State Highway Commission, Stephanie Hamilton, Suiter, Talmassh, This is an interview with Mabel Pruett, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, W.M. Ritter, Wes Clark, Wilson Cliff, Wolf Creek

Tags: 211, 5/24/08, Danielle Jennings and Bethany Gregory, Mac Davidson

Tags: 2/4/99, 607, Mack Brown, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 3/16/06, 444, Amanda Sargent, Biographical, Life in Bland County, Madeline Kinser, This is an interview with Madeline Kinser about her life in Bland County.