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Tags: 345, 5/6/01, Ada Simpkins, Aden Nelson, Annie Rudd, Appalachian Power Company, Arnold Scott Htchinson, Bailey Lumber Company, Bastain, Bedford, Bessie Alderman Shrader, Beta Club, Betsy Alderman Shrader, Bill Lawbert, Biographical, Bland Correctioal Center, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobbie Jo DeHart & Peggy Sutphin, Bobby Joe DeHart, Boots Tiller, Bubby Shrader, Captain Bailey, Caroline County, Charles Patrick Sutphin, Charlie Levitt, Christmas, College Avenue, Colonial Theater, Commonwealth of Virginia, Confederate, Cover Hollar, Dal Davis, Deroit, Dicky Ratliffe, Dorothy Glly, Doroty Irene Shrader, Dorthy Gilly, Dr. JJ Davidson, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Easter, Eleanor Goad, Ellen Newton, England Germany, English Channel, Ester Williams, Florida, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gene Sands, George Lessie Htchinson, Georgia Lumber Company, Granada Theater, Harry Truman, Hawthorne, Hazel Stowers, Helsey Springer, Honaker Baptist Church, Hoseph Watson, Irene Gregory, Jessica DeHart, John Henery Pruett, Joseph Watson, Joseph Watson Shrader, Kings Dominion, Kresky’s, Lee Royal, Life in Bland County, Lucille Waltes, Lucy Litton, Maggiecovern, Marian Childress Simpkins, Marvin Bowling, Mary Gertrude Bailey Hutchinson, New River, New York, Newport News, Niday, Norma Jean Bird, Normandy, North Carolina, Ora Grey Stowers, Paul Joseph Shrader, Peggy Sutphin, Pete Sands, Radford Arsenal, Richard DeHart, Richmond, Ripes Crossing, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Church, Round Bottom Church, Ruby Billips, Ruby Carrie Shrader, Ruth Fisher, Schwinn, Stanfrd Signs, State Theater, Summers County, Thanksgiving, The Eagle Eye, This is an interview with Bobbie Jo DeHart & Peggy Sutphin about their lives in Bland County., US Army, Van Johnson, Vick Giley, Virginia Ruth Morehead, Washington Street, Wessendock Churck, West Virginia, Western Auto, Wolf Creek, Wolfaurt Haus, WWII

Tags: 344, 5/6/01, Bea Clark, Bernard Clark, Biographical, Bland County, Charlene Clark, Charles Clark, Cheerio ball, Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Della Clark, Derrick Clark, fishing, gardening, Halloween pranks, holidays., Hollybrook Elementary School, Hurley Williams, Jackie Clark, Jerry Williams, Larry Clark, Life in Bland County, Linda Clark, Meek Clark, Patsy Clark, Peggy Clark, Ralph Clark, Ray Clark, Rocky Gap Restaurant, Shelia Clark, Steve Clark, This is an interview with Larry Clark about his life in Bland County., Wayne Clark, Yancy Clark

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: 1/24/01, 330, Bastian, Bill Vanover, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, boxcars, Burkes Garden, Burner Gibson, CC camp, CE Thomas, Charlie Sutphin, Clearfork, Con Tuggle, Dangerfield, Dave Conley, Depression, Emory Thomas Hull, garden, Goodman Conley, Harry Smith, Hugh Baker, Iddie Nice, Jay Fred Hall, John Cantrane, John Kindser, Johnny Gibson, Kentucky, Kister, Korean War, Laurel, Levi Long, Life in Bland County, Lorraine Carpenters, lumber, Molasses, moonshine, Narrows, Old Manise Burton, Paul Hull & Matthew Dent, Pearisburg, Robey Hull, Rocky Gap, T.J. Kitts, This is an interview with Emory Thomas Hull about his life in Bland County., Trudy Lambert, VA Hospital, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Washington Walter Reed Hospital, whiskey, Wiley Compton, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0321, 12/31/00, 321, Amanda Looney, arithmetic, Bastian, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Bogle School, Buchanan County, CC camp, Crockett Looney, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, English, Eribe Looney, garden, geography, Gladys, Granada Theater, Grand Ole Opry, Harless Looney, Hick Looney, history, Hollybrook, Joe Childress, Kennedy, Kent Looney, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Lucille Looney, Margaret Looney, Marice Devors. Vickie Lynn, Marvin, Marvin Looney, Plantnick Brothers, Pricey Jane Looney, Randy Lee, reading, Roanoke, Rufus Looney, This is an interview with Kent Looney about his life in Bland County., Vick Looney, Vietnam War Nixon, Virgina on 614, Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, Wolf Creek, writing

Tags: 315, 5/23/00, Biographical, Bland County, CCC, Clearfork, Cynthia Akers & Kara Perkins, Eva Tuggle, Farmers, First radios, garden, Great Depression, John Davis, New Deal, Rose Davis, Rose Stempson, School Cafeteria, televison, This is an interview with Eva Tuggle about the School Cafeteria.

Tags: 0314, 314, 5/24/00, Arlan Burton, baseball, Baxter Moorehead, bicycle, Biographical, Blacksburg, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Ceres, cow, dairy buisness, Dalton farm, Defense Powder Plant, electricity, Europe, FDR, firewood, Germans, Great Depression, Hollybrook, iron kettle, Japanese, Joe Lewis, John Burton, Josephine DeHart, Kate Moorehead, Korean War, Lake Moorehead, Life in Bland County, Mr. Maynard Joyce, Natasha Looney & Terra Bradshaw, No Buisness creek, No Business, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, Radford, Repass, Rex Morehead, Rocky Gap, Ruth Sharon Belcher, stock market crash, telephone, televison, This is an interview with Rex Morehead about his life in Bland County., Troy Moorehead, Truman, Valley, Vietnam War, Wilderness, Wolf Creek Mountain, woodstove, WWII

Tags: 0310, 310, 5/3/01, Angela Williams & Nada Lathrop, Biographical, Bland County, East River Moutian Tunnel, Hollybrook Elementry School, John Wayne, Life in Bland County, No Buisness, Pearl Harbor, Roger Morehead, The Grand Ole Opary, The Lone Ranger, This is an interview with Roger Morehead about his life in Bland County., World War I, World War II

Tags: 0308, 308, 4/14/00, Adam Goforth, Betty Hall, Biographical, Bland County, Clearfork, Henry Stowers Rocky Gap, Life in Bland County, Rocky Gap High School, ThanksgivingDay, This is an interview with Betty Hall about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 3/1/00, 305, arithmetic, Beulah Morehead, Biographical, Bishop Chapel, Blanche Comptom, Bland County, Bland Fair, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bruden Dranolick, Casablanca, CCC Camps, Christmas, Clearfork, coal stove, Conley Store, crack the whip, Craig County, Depression, electricity, English Army, Enlgish, farmer, fireplace, Fort Oglethorpe, garden, geography, Georgia, Germany, Grandma Hutchinson, Halloween, history, Honaker Store, hopscotch, Japan, Jessica DeHart & Tiffany Munson, Life in Bland County, marbles, MP, Nannie Rose Tiller, New Deal, New Years Eve, nigger, Nixon, Oscar W. Caldwell, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, Ralph Tiller, Raymond Stowers, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, RT Reynolds, Ruth Crabtree, Sally Anne Bird, Sleigh riding, St. Lukes Hospital, This is an interview with Beulah Morehead about her life in Bland County., Timberman, WAC, washing board, William Clarence Morehead Jr., Women’s Auxilary Corps, WPA

Tags: 0301, 2/28/00, 301, Baptist Church, beans, Bessie, Biographical, blacksmith, Bland County, Bluefield, Clearfork, corn, costumes, Curtis, Dublin, Elmor Fox, Evelyn Wolfe, Frankie Carver, garden outhouse, Grapefield, James, John Smith, Knoxsville, Laurel, Life in Bland County, Lucretia Williams, McConnel, Miss Boggle, Miss Bowright, Miss Stowers, Model A Ford, Mr. Price, Natasha Looney & April Bradshaw, North Carolina, Palmer, potatoes, Preacher Newton, Railroads, Rocky Gap, rotary button, Roy Akers, Scott County, Stewart, Stinsons, Sunday School, Tazewell County, telephone, This is an interview with Evelyn Wolfe about her life in Bland County., Valentines Day, Virginia Hardwood Company, washing machine, Weiss County, William Williams, WWI, WWII

Tags: 299, 5/24/01, Biographical, Bland County, Hallie, Hollybrook, Homer Lee & Nancy Wright, Lawerance, Life in Bland County, Mollie Neal & Adrian Faulkner, roller-skating, story-tellers, This is an interview with Homer Lee & Nancy Wright about their lives in Bland County.

Tags: 1/6/00, 292, Bastian, Bastian One Room School, beans, Biographical, Biology, Bland County, blizzard, Blue Grove Inn, CC camp, CCC Camp, Cecille Colley’s Station, Chemistry, chevorlet cars, Churches, Cynthia Akers & Kara Perkins, Eunice Childress, geometry, goverment, Hazel Stowers, Kegley Clinic, Korean War, Life in Bland County, movie, Mrs, Mrs. Ruth Kegley algerbra, Norfolk, PF Shrader, potatoes, President Eisenhower. CC Cap, President Truman, R.E. Kidd, Railroad, rasberry, Sawmill, Science, strawberry patch, T.V., This is an interview with Eunice Childress about her life in Bland County., VA, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, winter

Tags: 1/4/00, 289, Angela Shrader, Bastian, Biographical, Bland County, Byron Morehead, C.C. Morehead, Charles L. Morehead, Christmas, coal, docters, Donald Ray. Charlie Vernon, Dora May Walker, Emery Morehead, Gilbet Morehead, Halloween, Hazel Shrader, Helen Coburn, Hicksville, James Morehead, Junior, Leona Morehead, Life in Bland County, Mame Shufflebarger, monet amounts, Nina Hicks, Post Office, Rocky Gap., Round Bottom, School, Terra Bradshaw & Natasha Looney, This is an interview with Helene Coburn about her life in Bland County., toys, Virginia, voting, warren

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: 12/27/99, 280, Biography, Bland County, Brushfork, Burke’s Garden, Burkeville, Ceres, Comptor, Davidson Farm, Dismal Falls, Family/People, Frerzzer, garden, Giles, Harmon, Hickory Hill, Hogback Mountain, Hollybrook, Jennifer Belcher, Joe Compton, Mechanicsburg, Mercer, Monroe, Morehead, Narrows, Norfolk Virgina, Ohio, Peggy Trump, Peggy Trumph, Piedmont area, Rich Mountain, Rocky Gap, Rt. 42, Saltville, Shucking Machine, Tazewell County, Timber, Tompsons, Tunnel, West Virgina, Will Davidson, Willow Brook, Wlaker’s Creek, Wolfe creek Vally, Wythe

Tags: 12/30/99, 279, A.D. Burton, Athens, Bible, Billy French, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland Court House, Bora French, Buckhorn Mtn., Burkes Garden, buttermilk, Castlewood, Charlie Taylor, Clarence Tolbert, Clearfork, Clovis Clark, Coke oven, College Avenue, Connie Cecil, coon dogs, cows.Wytheville, Depression, Dotson Clark, East End Church, East River Mtn., Edith French, Emma Tynes, Family/People, Farming, Floyd Co., Galax, gardening, Garland Updike, Gene Slaughter, Gene Tolbert, Gunter and Roy Day, Hardy, Hicksville, Homer Brewer, Jennifer Belcher, Jerry Clark, Judge Sexton, lumber company, Mack Daniel Ferguson, Maryland, Mechanicsburg, Melinda Beicher, Melinda Belcher, Moe Saunders, North Carolina, Pal Saunders, Princeton, Railroad, Rev. Fred Saunders, rhiner, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Sam Mitchem, Sear and Roebuck, South Carolina, Sutphins, Virginia, West Virginia, whiskey, Wolf Creek

Tags: 11/19/99, 271, Andrew Ferguson, Aubrey Gore, Bishop, Blacksburg, Blaires, Bland Correctional Center, Bland County, Bluefield Virginia, Boscal, Charleston, Chicago, Colorado, Columbus Ohio, David Howthorne, Denver, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Ed Saunders, Edwards, Family/People, Ingleside, Jack Kellerman, John Dodson, Judge Kegley, Leroy, Life, Lordies, Mack Ferguson, Mary Little, Mercer County, Miss Naomi Wilson, Mr. Bringham, Mr. Worrel, Narrows, New River Valley, No Business, Norfolk, Pearisburg, Pond Mountain, Reverend Saunders, Richard Ferguson’s, Rocky Gap, South Carolina, Tazewell County, Tollers, Tom Churnik, Virginia, Wilderness Citizen Refuge, William Charleton, Wolf Creek

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: 11/14/99, 1930, 267, August 12th, Billy French, Biography, Bland County, Box 334, buggy and two horses, cafeteria, Charleton, Clearfork, court house, Dr. Davidson’s, Dry Fork, Dry Fork Road, East River, East River Mountain, Family/People, Farming, Floyd, Franklin County, French, George Clever, Gibson, Graham Bell, Hunting, J.B Belcher, J.J. Davidson, James, Jarod, John Dodson, Laurel, logs, Mac Daniel, Mac T, Maryland, Ohio, Pete Ferguson, petition, Post Office, Price, Rocky Gap VA, Ruban Ferguson’s, Saunders, School, Slavery, spring, Steel mill, Texas, Timber, train, Tunnel, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia, Wilderness, Wolfcreek

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

Tags: 11/5/98, 264, Alaska, Albert Dalton, Amos and Andy, Annie Over, Archie Covington, arithmetic, atom bomb, baseball, Bill Leonard, Biography, Bland County, Bob Mittslefelt, Burkes Garden, canning, CCC Camps, Chestnut Grove Christian Church, chores, Christmas, Church, Clearfork, Darrel Kidd, David Scarce, Deavers, Easter, electricity, Ellis Dickens, English, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Finley Dalton, fishing, gardening, Gene Dalton, geography, Germany, Gertrude Dalton, Grapefield Church of God, Grattan, Great Depression, Gunsmoke, Halloween, hide and go seek, history, Holly Smith, Hughe Cox, James Kidd, James Whitten, Japanese, Kenneth Kidd, Korean War, Laramie, LeeRoy Beckner, Leone Dalton, Lum and Abner, marbles, Margaret Hager, Margaret Hallory, Methodist Parsonage, Mickey Kidd, Miss Lou Gillespie, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Nancy Dalton, Nancy Kidd, Nell Kidd, Northwest Passage, Ony Dickens, packing lunch, Pearl Harbor, phone, population boom, pranks, Pulaski County, radio, raising children, rations, reading, Richard Kidd, Rocky Gap, Rofus Dalton, Ruby Dalton, Sadam Hussein, Santa Clause, School, sharecropping, sleighing, spelling, Springville, Stanley Dalton, stock market, Sweeney, tag, Tazewell County, Tazewell Road, television, The Gulf War, Valentine’s Day, Wagon Train, Whitten’s Mill, winter, writing, WWI, WWII

Tags: 10/20/99, 261, April Fools, Army, baseball, Berkhart and Carrol, Biographical interview with Ms. Faye A. Hodges. Mrs. Hodges has lived up Laurel Fork her whole life., Biography, Blanche Alkers, Bland County, Bluefield, Calvin Coolidge, carpentry, Carrol Bros. Store, cattle, CCC, checkers, chores, Christmas, Conley’s Store, Danridge Akers, Darthena Akers, dating, Democrat, Dublin, Easter, electricity, Everett B. Akers, family/ people, Farming, Faye A. Hodges, Faye Hodge’s Grocery, Fourth of July, foxtrot, games, Giles County, Halloween, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Wilson Hodges, Jessica DeHart and Tiffany Munson, Juanita Akers Updike, Laurel Fork, Mable Leverson, Mable Pruett, Margaret Gleason Akers, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Blanche Musick, New Deal, P.E. Goodman, Patrick B. Akers, planes, plays, plumbing, President Roosevelt, Pulaski County, PWA, radio, Republican, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, rooke, School, setback, snowstorms, South Carolina, Spartenburg, stock market crash, suffrage, Thanksgiving, The Great Depression, turkey raising, TV, Valentine’s Day, waltz, WDA, West Virginia Hotel, William David Akers, William Hubert Hodges

Tags: 1942, 254, 5/20/99, Adam Akers/Zane Perkins, Aldeman, Austinville, baseball, Basketball, bicycle, Biographical interview conducted with Junior Shockley., Biography, Bird Farm, Bland County, Bobby Bane, boot camp, Buckner’s Bay, buggy, Cambridge Maryland, Carroll County, chores, Christmas, coal heating, Coolidge, country store, dairy farms, Dale Smith Shockley, dates, Debbie Davis, Department of Agriculture, destroyer escort., Dolores Thompson, Dorothy Shaffers Humphry, Easter, electricity, Ellis Alderman, Family/People, Farming, feeding, fire crackers, fishing, floods, Fourth of July, Fredericksburg, games, garden, George Bird, Grayson County, Halloween, highway department, Hillsville, Hillsville Theater, hogs, holidays, honeymoon, Japan, John Smith Shockley, Junior Shockley, King George, lead mines, marbles, Max Meadows, milk cows, movies, Navy, New River, oil lamps, Pacific, pranks, Pulaski Hospital, Rex Morehead, Roosevelt, Roy Rogers, running water, Shockley School, sled, snow storms, Soil Conservation Agent, Spotsylvania, spring, Stafford, Tates, tennis, Texas, toys, Virginia Beach, wagon, Wytheville

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