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Tags: 200, 4/15/98, Anne Hager, Arthur, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield Hospital, chores, Christmas, Cleo, Columbus, Darby Elementary, Davie Cassidy, Family/People, fun, garden, Halloween, Jarret, Larry Payne, Lisa, Mike Payne, Nixon, Ohio, Partridge Family, Patty & Sam F. Payne, Pickaway County School, Rick Payne, Robert Dean Payne, Robin, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rose Payne, This is an interview with Rose Payne about her life.

Tags: 0026, 26, Bruce Robertson, Captian Pack, Cecil Robinette, Digsby Repass, Dismal, Giles County, Irish Jones, J.C. Tuggle, J.W. Stowers, James Gollehon, John Allen Davidson, Long Hollboush, Mabel Atwell, Miss Hazel, Miss Stowers, Mr. Goodman, Mr. Levitt, Nannie Hedrick, Obediah, Pocahontas Hedrick, Radford College, Robert Kegley., Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Schools 1880-1993, Rosie Pruett, Schools, Tammy Sarver, This is a report about the history of Ricky Gap Schools (1880-1993). There is a cassette tape interview from which the report is derived., Virginia Graves, Wiley Hager, William E. Munsey

Tags: 0033, 1993, 33, band mills, Bastian, Buckhorn Mountain Timber, Burkes Garden, CCC Camp Bastian, Dinky Railroad, Grapefield, Hicksville, Kelly Beckner, lumber mills, Narrows, New River Western and Holston Railroads, New River Western Holston RR Company., Poor Valley, Railroads, Rocky Gap, Rosie Pruett, Sawmills, Suiter, The Y, This is an interview with Rosie Pruett about the New River and Holston Railroad in Bland County. It later became N & W Railroad., Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company

Tags: 0049, 3/21/93, 49, C.L. Morehead, East River Mountain, History of Rocky Gap Elementary School, John Lambert, Mr. Blane, Mr. Levitt, Mr. Worell, Mrs. Alla May Gregory, Mrs. Blane Worell, Mrs. Hazel Stowers., Mrs. Lilas Kidd, Mrs. Ramsey, Ora Gray Stowers, Rocky Gap, Rosie Pruett, Schools, Tammy Caudill, This is an interview with Rosie Pruett about the history of Rocky Gap Elementary School.

Tags: 08.10.09, 654, Blake Stowers, Rosie Pruett

Tags: 10/29/96, 180, Africa, Andrew, Angela, Annie, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, CCC Camp, Ceres, Christmas, Conley, Conley Twigg Dillow, D-Day, Deborah, Della Elizabeth Tickle, Democrats, Diana Huddle, English Channel, Europe, Family/People, France, Franklin Roosevelt, German, Gleaves, Great Depression, Greenhill, Groucho Marx, Guy, Halloween, J.T. Dunn, Jackie Gleason Show, Japanese, Korean War, Kristen Bradshaw, Liberty School, Linda, Lucille Foglesong, Mary, Mennis, Myrtle Stuart, Navy, New Deal, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Philippine Islands, President Calvin Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Republicans, Rhonda, Rocky Gap, Roy Dillow, San Francisco, Teapot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Roy Dillow about his life., Thurleen, Tula Stowers, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate., WWI, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 0005, 5, 5/3/94, Abingdon, Bastian, Big Survey, Bill Wonsley, Bland County Correctional Farm, Buckhorn Timber, Chapple, Chris Mercer, General Store, Giles Co., Hemlock, Hicksville, Holston and Western Railroad, Jr., Lees and McVitty of Salem, logging industry, Narrows, Narrows Tannery, Neuce, Nidey, Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, Post Office, Pounding Mill Quarry, Railroad, Ritter Lumber Company, Round Bottom, Roy Faulkner, South Gap, Southwest VA, Suiter, Talmash, Tannery, The Railroad from Narrows to Suiter, This is a report about the railroad from Narrows to Suiter., VA, W.E. Mingea, W.M. Ritter, White Oak, Wolf Creek

Tags: 418, 5/16/03, Afganistan, Alabama, Biographical, David Taylor and Matthew Shrader, Great Lakes, Ilinois, Iraq, Life in Bland County, Navy, Newport News, Rocky Gap, Roy Wayne Nunley, This is an interview with Roy Wayne Nunley about his life in Bland County., U.S.S. Enterprise, Vietnam, Virginia

Tags: 10/27/96, 177, Biography, Bland County, Charles Woodrow Harman, Christmas, Donna Harman, Family/People, Ferne Harman, Freda Harman, Halloween, Hoover, Janet Harman, Japan, Japanese, Jerry Harman, Jessie Eugene Hancock, Jim Harman, Joyce Harman, Korean War, Little Creek, Lula May Harman Hancock, Marsha Harman, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Roanoke Fashion, Rocky Gap, Ruby Hancock Harman, Ruby Harmon, Susie Harman, This is a biographical interview with Ruby Harmon., Tracy Lambert, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate., WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 2/25/02, 366, Biographical, Dusty Williams, Life in Bland County, Ruth Looney, This is an interview with Ruth Looney about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 0070, 4/10/95, 70, Army Reserves, Baghdad, Bland County, Bluefield, Brent Sterns, British, Cobart Towers, Czechslovakia, Dahl Heron, democracy., Egyptians, Fort AP Hill Virginia, Fort Jackson, George Bush, Germany, Iraqi's, Islamic, Kuwait, Mark Wilson, Military Services, MRE's, Muslims, Nigerians, Persian Gulf, Sam Larry, Sam Larry tells what it was like to be in the military services., Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Sergeant Dodson, Siberians, South Carolina, Spain, UPW Camps, Vietnam, War

Tags: 419, 6/9/03, Biographical, Josh Neal & Jessica Cox, Life in Bland County, Sammy Ray Kitts, This is an interview with Sammy Ray Kitts about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 0019, 19, 8/14/93, Bluefield., Building of the East River Mountain Tunnel.

**Three separate interviews on the single tape.
1) Scott Bowen
2) Dan Tibbs
3) Jim Davidson, Building of the East River Mountain Tunnel.

**Three separate interviews on the single tape.
1) Scott Bowen
2) Dan Tibbs
3) Jim Davidson, East River Mountain Tunnel, Joseph Cromer, Laurel Fork, Scott Bowen, Scott Bowen/Dan Tibbs/Jim Davidson, Tunnel, Wolf Creek

Tags: 709, 73111, Bonnie Dodson & Angel Leftwich, History of Trinity United Methodist Church and the life of Seldon Stowers, Seldon Stowers, Trinity United Methodist Church & Seldon Stowers

Tags: 12/17/98, 597, Shirley H. Cox, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 10/30/95, 126, 61 West, baptisms, Bastian, Brother Leslie, BYF, Christmas, Churches, Clear Fork, East Tazewell District., Eileen Kinser, Elizabeth Hickenbottom, Forrest Kinser Chapel, Fox families, Gregorys, History of Nebo Methodist Church, III, Kinsers, Laurel, Methodist Youth Fellowship, Mr. Wiley Stowers, MYF, Neals, Nebo Cemetery, Nebo Methodist Church, Phillip E. Reed, Phillis Stowers, revivals, Rocky Gap, Roy Akers, Shirley Harless, Sisons, Sotwers Cemetery, Steele Cemetery, Steeles, Stowers, Sunday School, Tazewell' Brother Leslie, This is an interview with Shirley Harless about the history of Nebo Methodist Church.

Tags: 171, 5/4/96, Ada and Frank Conner, atomic bomb, Bastian, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, brick bank building in Rocky Gap, Buford Tiller, Burmice Virginia Conley, Camp Obediah, Ceres, Chapel, checkers, Chris Harless, Cindy Harless, Clearfork, Cleveland, Conley Mercantile Store, Conley Store, D.E. Conley, Dee Dee Harless, Deer Run Estates, Dillard Taylor Conley, Dr. Davidson, Dry Fork, Elizabeth Rodgens, English Ott Sawmill, Esso store, Family/People, FDR, Filler McGee, Gadriel heater, Germans, Glen D. Harless, Grand Ole Opry, Honakers store, Howard Stower's store, J.C. Tuggle, James Josepf Davidson, Japanese, John Barker, Josh Havens, Korean War, Lena Gracen Davidson, Life of Shirley Harless, Marietta Conley, Medical College of Richmond, Michael Harless, Model-T, Monroe County, Mr. B. Murph, Mr. Beamer, Mr. Bill Hail, Mr. Bud Hail, Mr. Carroll's store, Mr. Charlie Taylor, Mr. Clyde Coeburn, Mr. D.E. Conley, Mr. English Ott, Mr. Greens Dangerfield, Mr. Henderson, Mr. John Lambert, Mr. John M. Tuggle, Mr. Juan McGinnley, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Nelson, Mr. S. Robinson, Mr. Tom Wall, Mr. Tuggle, Mr. Wolfe, Mrs. Hazel Stowers, Mrs. Honaker, Narrows, Nelson house, Norfolk, North-Western Railroad, Ohio, Parisburg, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Princeton, Randy, Rocky Gap, Sears & Roebuck, Sharon College, Shirley Harless, Shufflebargers, Susan Sands Blessing, Sutphin's, Taylor's store, Tazewell County, The Royal Mounty, Timothy Harless, Today Show, Tonight Show, Vietnam War, Virginia, Water Hole, Watergate., West Virginia, Western Railway, Wolf Creek, World War II

Tags: 343, 5/22/01, Biographical, Joey Begley & Paul Hull, Life in Bland County, Silas Kitts, This is an interview with Silas Kitts about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 542, 9/12/06, Josh Taylor and Shaun Robertson, Skip Riley

Tags: 10/31/95, 124, Agnes Lazenby, Belle-Acres club and corporation, Betty Kirk, Bill Riley, Bluefield, Camp Iva, Clovis Street, Cove Creek, Dot Riley, Edward Douglas, Eula Stowers, Florda, Florence Douglas, Frank Kersey, Hank Burnley, History of Belle-Acres, Jack Thompson, Jame Thompson, Jeannine Starks, Jim Leighton, Joe Kirk, John (Hopper) Lazenby, John Kersey, Kate Kersey, Katharine Kersey, Lois Burnley, Lowell Grubb, Meghan, Mel Harris, Phillip Lilly and wife, Pogo, Pug, Recreation, Red Cross, Shortie Stowers, Someone with initials J. T., This is an interview with someone with the initials J. T. about the history of Belle-Acres., Vivien Grubb, Walter Stowers, Wolf Creek, Wyoming.

Tags: 0048, 48, 5/4/93, August of 1970, Bluefield Daily Telegraph., Christie Whitt, coalfields, Courte Construction, East River Mountain Tunnel, Gov. Arch Moore, Gov. Mills Godwin, Harold Turner, Interstate 77, Machael Baker, North Bound tunnel, Pittsburgh and Ball and Healy, Porta Buildings, Stanley Dillow, Stanley Dillow/ Harold Turner, This is a report about the Est River Mountain Tunnel based on interviews with Stanley Dillow and Harold Turner., Tiles, Top Heeding and Bench Constructions, Truland Corporations, Tunnels, VA Department of Transportation, WVA, WVa Department of Highways

Tags: 10/19/99, 263, Agnes Virginia Wolfe, Annabelle Pruitt Messy, Bernice Stowers Childress, Betty Stowers Sheets, Biographical interview with Stella Stowers. Mrs. Stower’s moved to Bland County after marrying in 1943., Biorgraphy, Burkes Garden, carmen, Casey Stowers, Charles Martin Stowers, Charlie Pruitt, Darelyn Stowers, David Pruitt, Delaware, Dimpsey School: Charles Bernard Stowers, Dreama Stowers Setzer, Drop the handkerchief, Emma Pruitt Lily, Family/People, Fedwell, Henry Pruitt, Joan Pruitt Griffith, Jodus Pruitt, Kelly Lee Pruitt, Kenny Stowers, nationed food, Nattasha Looney, Nora Pruitt Ward, Olla Pruitt Tolbert, Pearl Harbor, Radford, Richard Stowers, Rocky Gap High, Roscoe Pruitt, Stella Bea Pruitt Stowers, Stella Stowers, Vades Pruitt, WV

Tags: 384, 4/12/02, Biographical, Julie Taylor, Life in Bland County, Stella Taylor, This is an interview with Stella Taylor about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 4/13/08, 534, Jennifer Collins and Bryan Meyers, Stella Tolbert

Tags: 0047, 11/12/93, 47, Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, Bluefield, East River Mountain Tunnel, Geo Truck World, Kevin DeHart, Laurel Creek, Pearisburg, Rocky Gap, Steve Clark, This is an interview with Steve Clark about the history of the East River Mountain Tunnel., Tunnels, Virginia, West Virginia