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Fred Bradshaw
Tags: 0093, 5/16/95, 93, Anawalt, Bastian Hardwood Company, Bishop, Bland County, C & A Logging Company, chainsaws, Charlie Taylor, Coal Mines, Cran Creek, Cross Saw, Dry Fork, Fred Bradshaw, Glen Hare, H. Stafford, Jenkin Jones, Joe Lambert, Logging, logging business., logging salary, Matland, oak trees, pine trees, props, This is an interview with Fred Bradshaw about logging. It includes a summary about logging and a description of logging techniques., Work
Fred Pennington/Effie Pennington
Tags: 0015, 15, 3/20/93, Bastian, Bastian School: Konnarock, Bill Harmon, Bill Harmon., Blackwood Mill, Bland Supply, boarding house, CCC Camp, Ceres, Chevrolet dealership, circus, Clinchville, Community, company store, Daniel Ernest, Davidsons, Dillmans, Don Harmon, Dr. Davidson, Dr. Walker, East River Mountain, Elswicks, filling station, Fred Pennington/Effie Pennington, George Havens, Gillespie, Gillespie's, Glen Hare, Helen Bruce, Hogback, hotels, Hurley, Kaitlin Lundy, Kenner Kitts, Kidd, Les Cochran, Lindsey Shrader, Lutheran School, Mary Beth Pennington, Moore, Mr. Wright, Norfolk and Western Platnic Russell Company, Pete Sands, railroad station, Red Cross, Round Mountain, Roy Leftwick, Roy Thompson, Sharders, Shufflebarger, Stonyfork, This is an interview about Fred and Effie Pennington's life in Bastian from the Great Depression until now., training center, traveling tents, Union Church, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Vocational School, Walt Pruett, Wimmer's Hardware company, Wytheville, Yank Dillow, Zareda, Zareda Ernest
Fred Saunders; Estella Saunders; Pal Saunders; Delores Harris
Tags: 218, 3/15/98, A. D. Burton, A. J. Tynes, Acme, Adair, AME Zion Church, armies, Army, army stuff, baby, Baptist Church, beans, Bell Spring, Bill Charleton, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Blankenship, Bluefield, Bluefield State College, boat, Bonnie Dodson, book, books, bootlegger, brakeman, brass buttons, Brewer family, brick houses, bull, Burgesses, camp, candy, car, Carla, cattle, Charletons, chestnuts, chickens, Christiansburg Institute, Church, churned butter, Cleveland, corn, cost of land, covered wagon, cows, Dana Mitchell, Delores (Minnie) Saunders, Delores Harris, Dick Tracey, diploma, doctor Rob, Dolores, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Emma Tynes, employees., Estella Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evelyn Charleton, Family/People, farm, farmed, farmer, farming techniques, Ferguson land, Fergusons, festival, Florida, flour, Floyd County, Football, forest, Franklin County, Fred Saunders, G. I. Bill, General Lee, Gladice Gore, gold, governor, grain mill, Grist mill, Hershey Bars, Hill House, history, history book, Hogans, hogs, horse, horses, house, ice cream, Indian Valley, Jersey, Jews, Jim Hill House, John & Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, John Harris, Kimberling, Korean War, Laddie ????, Laurel Fork, lighter knot, Lillly’s, liquer, Lloyd Charleton, loader, log school, Lonnie Saunders, lumber, Mac Ferguson, Mac H. Ferguson, MacDaniel, MacDaniel Ferguson, Maggie, Margie, Marion, marriage, Marvin ????, mattresses, milk, mines, Minnesota, Mire Branch, Molly Tynes, Molly Tynes ride, moonshine, mountains, Mr. Henry Gray, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Humphrey Hogan, Mr. MacDaniel, Mrs. MacDaniel, Mudfork, Nat Ferguson, Nate Charleton, New River, New York, nursing, nursing school, oats, Ohio, Oil lighter, outhouse, oxen, Pal Saunders, pastor, Phil Lilly, pigs, Pinch Creek, pond, pop, Powell Saunders, powerline, president, Princeton, Pulaski, Railroad, Ramsey farm, Reed Creek, reunion, Reverend J. --G.W. Wells, Richlands, Richmond, rock houses, Rocky Gap, rodeo, Roney Nunn, Rosenthal, Round Bottom, Ruben Ferguson, saddle, Saunder’s farm, Saunders, Sawmill, sawmill construction, School, schoolhouse, Scruggs, Sealy mattress, Secretary, service, shanty, sheep, Silas Greene Show, Smyth County, soldiers, South Carolina, St. Paul, steam engine, store, stram engine, sugar, Taylor’s Mill, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Tazewell County High School, teaching, tick beds, ticks, Timber, tin cans, Tom, Tom Lilly, train, treasurer, Trustees, TV, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Tynes house, Uncle Ned, Virginia, Vocational School, Wagners, wagon, War, Wert Harris, Wesley ????, West Virginia, wheats, whiskey, wife, William Ferguson, Willis, winter, Wolf Creek, wood stove, Woods, Woodysville Spring, Wytheville, Yankees
Fred Saunders/ Estella Saunders
Tags: 134, 5/3/97, Abe Saunders, Andrew Ferguson, Archie Saunders, Biography, Bland County, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, Brizillea Berguson, Carnelia Ferguson, childhood games, Christianburg High School, Christmas, Civil Rights Movement, Corneal Saunders, dating, Dr. King, Dry Fork, Easter, Elena Ferguson, Eppie Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evaleen Charlton, Family/People, Flemin Saunders, Floyd, Floyd County, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, Fred Saunders/ Estella Saunders, Freda Scruggs, Gamelia Ferguson, garden, Ida Cecil, Jim Saunders, Kacelia Williams, Kermit Ferguson, Kwusses, Lillies, Lonnie Saunders, MacDaniel Ferguson, Martha Cobbs, Mose Saunders, NAACP, Norfolk, Octavia Tynes, Pal Saunders, President Hoover., Priscilla Ferguson, Pulaski, Raymond Boone, Rev. Boone, Rev. Raymond Boone, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt Ferguson, school life, Social Security, This is a summary of Fred and Estella's childhood and their life together. It also contains short summaries on their family history and the history of the black community on Dry Fork., Tynes Chapel, United States, Vialee Ferguson, Virginia, Virginia Ferguson, West Virginia, Willie Ferguson, Willious, Woodrow Ferguson, Wytheville
Fred Simpkins / BeulahMorehead
Tags: 0035, 2/28/94, 35, A.B. Caldwell, Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Beulah Morehead, Bland Ranger, Bland Rangers, Brock Tibbs, Civil War, Civil War., Comptons, Ed Caldwell, Fred Simpkins, Fred Simpkins III, Looney's, Mrs. Toland, Napoleon John Toland, Princeton, Tazewell, This is a report about the Civil War and Bland County taken from interviews with A.B. Caldwell and Fred Simpkins III., VA Tech, War, WV, Wytheville
Freda Scruggs
Tags: 11/14/99, 1923, 266, Archie, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Dry Fork, Family/People, Floyd County, Fred, Freda Scruggs, Harrison, JC Penneys, Jonh Dodson, July the 21st, Katherine Sanders, Martha Cobb, Mrs. Morehead, North Carolina, Pal Saunders, Raleigh, Richmond, Robert, Rocky Gap, Route 1. Box 104A, Tyne’s Chapel Church, Virginia
Garland Dillow
Tags: 05/30/04, 433, Alma Dillow, Bland Co., Bland Correctional Farm, Bland High School, David Gore, Elenaor Dillow, Farming, Farming in Bland County, Garland Dillow, Grand Old Opry, Great Depression, Helen Kidd, James Dillow, JC Dillow, Laraine Newberry, Larry Dillow, Pamela Gore, Rita Jo Bradshaw, Trinity Methodist Church
Gene Slaughter
Tags: 251, 5/15/99, Bastian, Biographical interview conducted with Gene Slaughter., Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Carroll’s Store, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Clifford Willis, Cumberland Road, Dorcas White, Falls Mills, Family/People, Freddy Ray Slaughter, Gene Autry, Gene Slaughter, Grandmother Slaughter, Halloween, Harless, Hattie Willis, Heath Slaughter, Hitler., Hubert Slaughter, Jimmy Stuart, Johnny Mac Brown, Lash LaRue, Laurel Creek, movies, Mr. Roosevelt, Palmer Carroll, Pearl Harbor, Puckett, rationing, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Shufflebarger, Tazewell County, Tinia Elizabeth Slaughter, Tom WIllis, VA, weather, WWII
George Allen
Tags: 723, George Allen, John Dodson
George and Lee Tynes
Tags: 11/14/99, 1930, 270, Airport Road, Akers, Andrew Ferguson, Athens, Atlanta, Baptist Church, Bill Henry Wagner, Biography, Blacksburg, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Bluefeild Avenue, Bluefield, Bobby Scroqqs, Bramwell, Captain Saunders, Carter Street, Christiansburg, Christmas Pararde, Columbus, Connie, Cunningham, Danny Kinder, Dave Charlie Taylor, Deer Day, Depression, Doctor Davidson, Dodge Truck, Dodson, Dry Fork Creek, East River Mountain, Ellis Street, Estella, Family/People, Fischer, Floyd County, Ford, George, George and Lee Tynes, Georgia, Gladys Ferguson, Granny Woods, Grayson County, Harris, Hazel, Hector, Helen, Helvers, Helvey, Henry, Highway, Huckleberry, Huckleberry Myers, Jack Tynes, James, January, John Dodson, John Neal, Kimberling, Lee, Liqour, Lois, Lucky Strike, Mac Dowell County, Marvin, Mary Little, mines, moonshine, Mr. Delores, Mr. Hagan, Mullins, Nale log school house, Narrows, Neal Hagan, October, Ohio, Old New Ground, Pal, Pal Saunders, Pinch Creek, Polaroid Camera, Railroad, Ramsey, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, Saunders., Saw Mills, Shawalters, Smith Lumber Company, Sutphins, Tazewell, Timbering, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Violea graveyards, Virginia, West Virginia, Whiskey Bottles, Wilderness, Wolf Creek, Woods, World War I, World War II, Wytheville
George Bowling
Tags: 142, 2/5/96, Bertha Bowling, Biography, Blanche Bowling, Bluefield, Boissevain, Bosivane, Christmas, Clyde Bowling, Coolidge, Ella Bowling, Family/People, George Bowling, Great Depression, hanover, Harding, Hiwatha, Hoover, Johnson., Marcie Bowling, Margie Bowling, Mrs. Nally Harmon, Mrs. Reems, Paul Mex, Pocahontas, President Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Roosevelt, Tazewell County, This is a summary of the life of George Bowling in this area., Thompson Valley, Thompsons Valley, Tyler Bowling, VA, Vicki Wyatt, Virginia, Vriginia Bowling, West Virginia, William H. Bowling, WVA, Wyoming County
George Bowling
Tags: 143, 2/5/96, Anderson, Bluefield, Camp Upton, Clarance Hannan, D-Day, Don Bigalow, Europe, Fort Bellvour, Fulton, General Hurtiny Hodges, General Omar Bradley, George Bowling, Germany, Hitler, Japanese, Kentucky, Mussolini, New York, Paraboe, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, President Truman, President Truman., Scotland, This is a summary of World War II with George Bowling., Vicki Wyatt, Virginia, War, West Virginia, Wisconsin, World War II
George Harless
Tags: 0006, 2/19/97, 6, Andrew Ferguson, Bastian, Biographical, Bluefield, Bruce Shufflebarger, Cecil Colley, Christmas, Chrysler, Clearfork, Conley Store, Crab Tree Gap, Crab Trees Grapefield, Drk Fork, Flora Lee, George Harless, Grapefield, Hunting Camp, Johnny Thomason, Julie Parnell, Kidd's Service Station, Lacy Wagner, Laurel, Lee Roy Beckner, Life in Bland County as a Postal Carrier, Ms. Eddie, Narrows, Nash Ambassador, Pete Sands, Plymouth, Post Office, Rambler American, Rich Mountain, Rocky Gap, Ronnie Harless., Shawvers Mill, Suiter, Tazewell, This is a interview with George Harless about his life as a letter carrier., Virginia, Volkswagon, Wolf Creek
George Harless
Tags: 10/19/96, 189, Ada Walters, Archie Bunker., Atlantic Coast Line, atomic bomb, Bastian, Battle of the Bulge, Bland County, Bluefield, Camp Lugeon, CCC, Celaness, Celinese, China, civilian life, Clark Gable, Claudit Colebear, Democrat, Depression, Elbert Minick, elementary school, Europe, Evert Harless, Evert Ward Harless, France, Fred Simpkins, General Shepherd, George Harless, Germany, Giles County, Glen Harless, Goodwins Fairy, Greggador, Gregonno, Guam, Guata Canal, Harry Folson, Helen Wadell, Herbert Hoover, high school, Hitler, Hunting Camp, Indianhead, Iris Harless, Japan, Japanese, Julie Parnell, Junior Harless, kamikaze attacks, Korean War, Lina Minick Harless, Luther Harless, Luther Junior Harless, Lynchburg, Marine Corps, Marion, Maryland, Melvin Aliff, Mr. Graham, Narrows, New Deal, New River, Norfolk, North Carolina, Okinawa, old Caldwell place, Oriville Harless, Pacific, Paris Island, Paul Goodman, Paul Harless, Paul Updike, Pearl Harbor, Phillipines, Porter Stafford, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, Princeton, PWA, Realto, Rebel, Republican, Ricki, Rocky Gap, Rosey Gordon, San Francisco, Sitan, South Carolina, This is an interview with George Harless about World War II., Treasure Island, Tyron Power, U.S. AT Sea Fitaler, Vietnam War, Violet Harless, Virginia, War, Washington, Washington D.C., Watergate, West Virginia, Winding Gulf, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII, Yankees