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Tags: 3/23/09, 565, Gerald Hoosier, Jared Musick and Jason Sims, Life in Bland County, Talks about how life has changed in Bland County and surrounding areas.

Tags: 392, 5/19/02, Arthur Winfield Hoosier, Bastain, Biographical, Bluefield, Conorock, Dorothy May Huffman, East River Mountain, Gerald Hoosier, Jason Musick, Laurel Fork Baptist Church, Life in Bland County, Little Creek, Nancy Marie Miller, Rocky Gap School, Smith County, This is an interview with Gerald Hoosier about his life in Bland County., Walker Tunnel, WJ Dickes and Son’s

Tags: 5/2/09, 564, Gerald Blessing, Growing up in Bland County., Life in Bland County, Tyler Harless and Cody Blessing

Tags: 12/8/98, 234, American Power Company, Baptist Valley, Bastian, Bland, Bogle School, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Claypool Hill, Dr. Walker, Dry Fork., Georgie Havens, GIV.Clark Gable, Grand Ole Opry, Jami Price & Tonia White, Kingsport, Korean War, Lawerence Welt, M.C. and Beatrice Stacy, Macness Products, Narrows, Pembrooke, President Nixon and Watergate, President Truman, Princeton, PWA and CCC, Roosevelt, Suitor, Tony, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wise County, Wolfe Creek, WPA

Tags: 11/19/98, 593, Georgia Stacy Havens, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 1/14/01, 1954 model, 333, Bastian Virginia, Biographical, Bland County, Blessing Brothers, Blessing Turkey Operation, Boggle School house, Bus driver, CC Hill, Chevrolet, Dave Chef Balker, Georgia Havens, Harry Fogelsong, haul logs, Hope Harless, Hunting Camp, Jacob Havens, Jacob Havens & Hope Harless, Life in Bland County, one room school, Ralph Kidd, sewing factory, This is an interview with Georgia Havens about her life in Bland County., Tim Bailey, Tultex, Virginia Hardwood Rail Car, Wolfcreek

Tags: 2/7/99, 623, George W. Harless, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 224, 5/6/98, Alberta Harmon, Alvin Sink, Baptist Parsonage, Betty Sue Groseclose, Beulah Brunk, Biographical / Mechanicsburg, Bland, Bland County, Bland Messanger, Boutetart County, Brother Sheffey, Burns Chapel, Carolyn Mustard, Carroll County, Christmas, Church, Clarence Sink, Cloyd’s Mountain, crops, Doris Stowers, Elsie Sink, Emory and Henry College, Family/People, Farming, food, George Sink, George Sink and James Sink, Giles County, Great Depression, Harry Bird, holidays, Holly Smith, James Sink, Joe Sink, Little Creek, log cabins, Lucille Sink, Marvin Sink, Mattie Bishop, meat cutting, Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg Cannery, Mechanicsburg Fire, Methodist, Mill Tillis, Miss Louise Bird, Miss Maud Allen, Miss Penly, Miss Sexton, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Morgan House, Mr. Brunk, Ms. Pearl Franklin, Newberry Haircut, Nice Wonder Meeting House, Oldie Sink, Patrick Henry Hotel, Phyllis Sue Sink, President Kennedy, Pulaski County, radio entertainment, Roanoke County, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Methodist Church, Roy’s Lunch, Sam and Jack Newberry, school in Mechanicsburg, snowstorms, t.v. entertainment, tenant farming, This is a conversation with George Sink and his son James. They are residents of Mechanicsburg., Vance Bird, Viola Sink, Wabash Meeting Place, wages, Walkers Creek, Walkers Mountain, Wilmer Sink, Wilson Sink, World War II

Tags: 4/30/98, 578, George L. SInk, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

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

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

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

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

Tags: 12/15/01, 353, Biographical, Chris Balas, George Balas, This is an interview with George Balas about the Vietnam War., Vietnam War

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

Tags: 5/5/11, 707, George Allen and others, George Allen visited his aunt and uncle’s house, Greever House, John Dodson, Mary and Luther Greever, Newberry Family, with their great grand daughters. The discussion is about the house and the Newberry family.

Tags: 723, George Allen, John Dodson

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

Tags: 708, 73111, Bonnie Dodson & Angel Leftwich, Gatharie Tickle Lefler, Seldon Stowers, Trinity United Methodist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church history, Trinity United Methodist Church history and life of Seldon Stowers

Tags: 471, 5/26/05, Gary Carroll, Stephanie Lambert/Sabrina Clark/Rachel Reed/Trista Willis/Brandon Wolfe/Andrew Jennings, War, World War II/Korean War/Vietnam War

Tags: 5/4/09, 566, Chad Havens and Jesse DeAtley, Garnie Kennedy, Growing up in Bland County., Life in Bland County

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

Tags: 1/11/05, 438, and Stephanie Lambert, Biography, Freddie Blankenship, Life in Bland County, Michael Holt, This is an interview with Freddie Blankenship about his life in Bland County and a little bit about the Sowers tragedy., Trista Willis

Tags: 3/6/02, 365, Biographical, Christian Simpkins & John Darby, Freda Simpkins, Life in Bland County, This is an interview with Freda Simpkins about her life in Bland County.

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