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Tags: 0105, 10/29/97, 105, Alfred Andrew Thompson, atom bomb, Biography, Bland County, Bland County schools, Bland Street, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, CCC Camp, Central School, Christmas, Clarence Wooldrige, Davis Munsey, Doctor William Spiero, Eddie Edith, Egypt, Ethyl Blythe, Family/People, First National Bank, Franklin Roosevelt, Germans, Great Depression, Greta Munsey, Halloween, Japanese, Jenay Thompson, Johnson sisters, Kate Thompson, Kennedy, Korean War, Learners, Maryland, Melissa Leedy, Miss O'Neal, Ms. Scott, New Deal, Ollie Virginia Munsey, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Nixon, President Truman, Presient Eisenhower, Princeton, Ramsey School, Ramsey Street, Reed, Rialto Theater, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Rogers Street, Shirley Temple, Social Security, Stan Sweet, Stumpy Bottom, Tazewell, This is an interview with Kate Thompson about her life., Vernon Munsey, Vietnam War, Virginia, Wade School, Watergate., West Virginia, William Robert Munsey, Woodrow Munsey, WPA

Tags: 0103, 10/27/97, 103, Amos and Andy, Andrew Ferguson, Babtist Parson, barbershop, barbershop discussions, Bastian, Bastian garment factories, Bernard Chewey Conley, Bernard Drayton Conley, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bob Conley, Bonnie Sue Nelson Conley, Carroll's store, CCC Camps, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Cliff Conley, Clinch Valley., Colonial Theater, D.E. Conley, dance hall, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Family/People, Fanning's, first radio, games, Gene Autry, Goldie Conely, Great Depression, Grenada Theater, Greyhound Corporation, Halloween pranks, home life, Honaker Church, Honaker's grocery sotre, Howard Stowers, Ida Eustus Conley, Isaac Conley, Isabelle Brookman, Iwo Jima, Jean Conley, June-Gail Conley, Kentucky, Korean War, Laurel, Lena Conley, Loraine Conley, Mayberry Tunnel, Methodist Church of Rocky Gap, Mr. Ed, Mr. French, Mr. Tom Booth, Nancy Conley, New Deal PWA, North Carolina, Palmer Carroll's store, Peterstown, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton Avenue, Railroad, Ralph Tiller's, Richlands, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Sam Newberry, school life, State Theater on Raleigh Street, Stowers Grocery, Sutphin's Grocery, taxes, telephone, television, This is an interview with Thurman Conley about his life and experiences in Bland County., Thurman Conley, toys, Truman, Verlin Shrader, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, Watt Conley, Westmoreland Coal Company, Williamson, Winston-Salem, Wolf Creek, WVA, WWI

Tags: 0102, 10/26/97, 102, Anthony Rife, Bradshaw, Buchannan County, Carrol's Groceries, Christmas, Easter., Germany, Hitler, Ieager, Japan, Jolo, Knox Creek, Laura Jane Coleman Rife, Longbottom, McDowell County, Mussolini, Navy Seabees, North Gap, Pearl Harbor, Rhode Island, Rocky Gap, Samantha Horne, Sherman Rife, This is an interview with Anthony Rife about his life and experiences in World War II., War, Welch, Whitewood, Woody's, World War II

Tags: 0100, 100, 5/16/95, Archie Blankenship, Augusta, Bastian, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Christmas celebrations, Family/People, Flint, Franklin Roosevelt, GA, Gabby Hayes, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Hollybrook, Homer Neal Wright, Japan, Johnson Wright, Korean War, Mae Falls Wright, manganese mines, Matelida Ellen Wright, Maxwell Anthony Wright, MI, Ms. Repass' store, Oddfellers lot, President Kennedy, President Truman, Richlands., Richmond, Rick Boucher, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, State Convict Road Force, Stephanie Compton, Tazewell, telephones, This is an interview with Maxwell Anthony Wright about growing up., VA, Vietnam, William Olney Wright

Tags: 0098, 5/21/95, 98, Ashley Akers, Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, Bland, Blizzard of 1993, Brian Lawson, Brushy Mountain, Canada, Canadians, Deputy Sheriff, Gary Cutlip, Junior Akers/Gerry Stowers, Kentucky, Kevin Lawson, Michigan, Misc., Ohio, Rocky Gap, Route 606, Snow., Southbound rest area, state policemen, Teddy Simpkins, This is an interview with Junior Akers and Gerry Stowers about the Blizzard of 1993 in Bland County., Tim Harless, Trent's Grocery, VDOT workers, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0096, 4/21/97, 96, Appomatox., Bastian, Bastian Union Church, Bland County, Board of Supervisors, Boston, Botetourt County, Canada, Captain George Starks, CCC Camp, Clearfork, Community, Confederate Army, Depression, Doctor Bishop, F.E. Bastian, Fincastle, Florida, Foot Cavalry, Foot Soldiers, General Lee, George Miller, Grundy, Guh Bruce, Guy Bruce, Hunting Camp, Hunting Camp Creek, James Starks, Kimberling Hotel, Korea, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Mr. Meeks, New Market, New River-Holston Western, New York, North Carolina, Northern Army, Railroad, Raleigh and Grayson Turnpike, Rocky Gap, Saltville, Shreveport, South Carolina, Southwest Virginia, State Game Department, Sulfer Springs, This is an interview with Guy Bruce about the history of Bastian., Tracy Lambert, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0092, 5/25/95, 92, Andrew Ferguson, barbershop, Bastian, Biography, Bluefield, Clifford's, Family/People, Flossie Shrader, Giles County, Glen Hare, Hope Shrader, Lee Shrader, Lorreane Conley Shrades., Lorrene Conley Shrader, Mrs. Sanda, Mrs. Wick's Restaurant, Newberry murder, Pearisburg, President Eisenhower, President JJohnson, President Kennedy, President Roosevelt, President Truman, rationing, Rocky Gap, Schools, Suiter, This is an interview with Verlin Shrader about his life., Verlin Shrader, Woodrow Stowers

Tags: "the manor place", 0091, 5/28/95, 91, A-Model, Anna Ruth, Arthur J. R. Perkins, Arthur R. Perkins, Asheville, B-2 Bomber, Bastian, Beech Mountain, Bessie Carver, Bessie Emory, Biography, Bland County, Bonnie Faye, Buicks, C.L. Taylor's, Cadillacs, Carroll's, Carter County, Charlotte Shrader, Chevrolet, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clear Fork, Clint Eastwood, Cranberry, Cranberry School, Cubans, Curtis Creek Baptist Church, Curtis Creek Road, Curtis Creek School, Debbie Louise Richardson, Debbie Louisie, Delphina Mae Perkins, Dorothy Evelynn Perkins, Dry Fork, Easter, Family/People, Germans, Grace Montgomery, Halloween, Harlan., Heaton, Heaton School, Honaker Church, Howard's Store, Hugo, Indian Village, Interstate 77, Japanese, Jerry and Retha (kids), Johnny Dan, Kentucky, Lambert's Grocery, Laurel, Mae Perkins, Maxine Loyce, Mitchell County, Mountain Motel, New River, North Carolina, North Gap, Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy, President Roosevelt, Racer Fork, Robert Clarence, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Sadie Jeanette, T-Model, Tennessee, This is an interview with Charlotte Shrader about her life before and after she came to Bland County., United States, Vanrealt, Wizard of Oz, Wolf Creek, WWII

Tags: 0090, 5/26/95, 90, Andrea Bruffey, atomic bomb, Bible, Biography, Bluefield, Bluefield Hospital, Bluefield-Tazewell Road, Bluestone, CCC, Christian College in North Carolina, Christmas, Doris Day, East River Mountain, electricity, Family/People, flappers, Graham High School, Great Depression, Halloween, Hillsboro, log cabin, Pearl Shawver, Piggly Wiggly, President Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, PWA, rationing, Roanoke Memorial, Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Rocky Gap, Santa Claus, Shawver Store, stock market crash, telephones, television, This is an interview with Pearl Shawver about her life., VA, Vietnam War, Vivien, Watergate, White House., WPA, WV, WWI

Tags: 0089, 5/26/95, 89, Biography, Bluefield, Christmas, Easter., Family/People, George VanBlaricom, Glen and Alfred Stowers, Halloween, Hatty and Mason Stowers, Hazel and Kathleen Stowers, Hub Stowers, Marion and Jane Thompson, Rocky Gap, Sunny Point, This is an interview with Hub Stowers about his life., Valentine's Day, Virginia, WV

Tags: 0083, 5/29/94, 83, artifacts, Bastian, Bland County Railroad, Chappel, Dry Fork, first ford, Giles County, Hicksville, Kevin DeHart, Laurel, Lees and McVitty of Salem, Merrimack Lumber Company, Mr. F.E. Bastian, Narrows, Niday, Northfolk & Western., Novis (South Gap), Penvir, Post Office, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Suiter, Sunlight Oil Company, Talmash, The History of the Bland County Railroad, This is an interview with Wilson Belcher and Mary Belcher about the history of the Bland County Railroad., Wilson Belcher/ Mary Belcher, Wilson Cliff

Tags: 0082, 5/30/94, 82, Bland County., Bruce Place, Brushy Mountain, CCC Camp, Coburn boy, Congress, F.D.R., General, Hog Back, Ralph Kidd, Rocky Gap, Round Mountain, This is an interview with Thurman Kidd about the CCC Camp in Bastian., Thurman Kidd, Tracy Bradshaw, Virginia Hardwood Mill, WPA, WPA Teachers

Tags: 0080, 2/3/95, 80, Alice Mustard, Bastian, Bastian Sportswear, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield., CCC Camp, Chosterville Co., Crawdads, Dairy Queen, Daniel Clark, Doran and Smith Co., Earl Crabrtree, Family/People, Garland L. Updike, Growing up in Bland County, Hollybrook, Hunting Camp Creek, John Dodson, Las Vegas, Linda Bailey, Marie Umbarger, Mary Muncy, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Clark, Mr. Emrs Rueben, Mr. Gilman, Mrs. Hazel Ramsey, Ms. Altizer, Ms. Brown, Ms. Irene Faulkner, Ms. Perry, paul Clark, Pepsi, Princess Dia, Richlands, Rocky Gap, Rosie Gordan, Tarzan and Jane, This is an interview with Tim Bailey and Linda Bailey about growing up in Bland County., Tim Bailey, Tim Bailey/ Linda Bailey, Wilderness, William Burke Baily, William Burko Baily and Alma Kidd Baily, WV

Tags: 0079, 1/15/95, 79, Andrew Ferguson, Ashley Akers, barbers pole, barbershop, Barbershop in Rocky Gap, Black and Decker, Bland, Bluefield, Charles Akers, Charles Akers/Junior Akers, Clara D., Conley Store, Cornelia Hogar Ferguson, Dick Rooker, Dry Fork, Elgood, Elizabeth Stevens Charlton, Eugene Charlton, Evelyn Charlton, Farming, Ferguson, Glen Hare, hair tonic, haircuts, Howard Stowers Store, Johnny Bogle, Junior Akers, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mr. Conley, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Newberry, Mrs. Rayford, Myrtle Charlton, Nathaniel Charlton, oil stove, Palmer Carroll, Ray Williams, Raymond L. Booth, Richard Ferguson, Rocky Gap, shot guns, siren, This is an interview with Charles Akers and Junior Akers about the barbershop in Rocky Gap., Wolf Creek., wood stove, WVA

Tags: 0077, 1/9/95, 77, Akers Garage, Amie Lee, Andrew Ferguson, Bank of Bland, Black and White Inn, Bland cemetary, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bonny French, Buckhorn, Caroll's Grocery, Civil War, Clear Fork, Clear Fork Nebo, Community, Comptons., Conley Merchandise, Cove Hollow, D.C., Dentist, Dr. J. Davidson, Dry Fork Valley, East River Metal and American Mines, East River Mountain, East River Tunnel, Eastern Star, Elbert Munsey, Elizabeth Rotchen, english Ott Lumber Company, Extension Home-Makers of the County, filling station, Fisher & Bell Flooring Plant, Frank Tanning, Govenor Charles Robb, Granton, Greenawalt Antique Shop, Henry Gibson House, Hollow Ford Bridge, Honaker Church, Honaker Mercantile, Howard Stowers, I 77, J.D. Honaker, Jerry Stowers, Jery clark, John Lambert, Laurel, Laurel Fork Baptist, Laurel Valley, Leverete Trumpo, Mack Koewin, Marlene Havens, Masonic Lodge, Mercer County, Methodist Church, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Tickle, Nannie Rose Tiller, Narrows, New York, North Gap, North Gap Grocery, Palmer Carrol, Peggy Trump, Pentecostal Holiness Church, Pete Summs, Pounding Mill Quarry, Railroad, Raleigh Grayson Turnpike, Rich Mountain, Rock Quarry, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Knitting Company, Rt 21-52, Scotty DeHart, SDE Conley, Sears and Roebuck Catalog, Service's Station, Seventh Day Adventist, South Gap, Southwest of Roanoke, State Government, Stower's Groceries, Sutphin, Taylor Grocery, Terry Holler, Terry Springs, The History of Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Nannie Rose Tiller about the history of Rocky Gap., Tiller's Gulf, Washington, Wolf Creek, Wythe County

Tags: 0072, 1/10/95, 72, Betsy Ross Bakery, Charlie Gerald, Community, Daniel Stowers, Daniel Tibbs, Eloise Stowers, George Stowers, George VanBlaricom, Hub Stowers, Mason Stowers, Mr. Yeager., Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Hub Stowers about the general history of the Clearfork Mill Dam and Sawmill.

Tags: (adopted son) Argil, (sisters) Alice and Edna, 0068, 1/10/95, 68, Alexanders, Alfred Havens, Bland, Bland County, Blankenship, Buddy Harmon, Car Farlow, Carson Hughes, Ceres, Clayburn Hughes, Community, Crandon, Dave Clifton Havens, Dr. Davidson, Dr. Sieball, Edward Charles Havens, Elizabeth Betty Blankenship Hughes, Ella Mae Narstar, Giles County, Grace Havens, Hollybrook, Honaker, Jenny Williams., Jesse Finley, Jim Hughes, John Burton, John Finley, Leo Hughes, Lewis Hale Havens, Lily Woods, Logging, Lula Hughes, Lula Tracy, Maria Havens, Marie Baker Powers, Marie Bird, Marion Radford, Marvin Havens, Mary Hughes, Matthew Havens, Minnie Roberson, Mrs. Morgan, Myre Branch, No Business, Nona Hughes, O.R. school house, Oakvale, Old Round Bottom School, Pearisburg, R.W. Havens/ Lida Havens, Radford School House, Raymond Hershell Havens, Roanoke, Robinson's, Rocky Gap, Ruth Nunn, S.E. Hurley, Sam's, Shep Havens, Sidney Havens, Theodore Hughes, This is an interview with R.W. Havens and Lida Havens in which they discuss life in Bland County and the surrounding areas., Tom Hughes, Tommy Nunn, VA, Wilderness, William Garland Havens, Wolf Creek, Wolfe Creek, WV

Tags: 0067, 12/14/97, 67, Abington, Andrea Bruffey, Ball Team, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Christmas Day, Civil War, Coke a Cola Company, Confederacy, Cora Hienreitta Johnson, Family/People, Harwood Marion, Holston Rivers, Hutson Garfield, J.C. Penny, Jacob Washington, James Patton, MaCrady, Magistrate, Mahaland Taylor Counts, McDowell County, Mud Pawn, New Years, Olan Mathison Chemical Plant, Prader Town, Rocky Gap, Salt Capital, Salt Shakers, Saltville, Saltville High School, Santa Claus, Smith County, Smith County., This is an interview with Veneda Wyatt concerning her life., VA, Veneda Wyatt, WWII

Tags: 0058, 11/2/94, 58, Bland, Bluefield, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Cement Plant, East River Mountain, East River Mountain Tunnel, Flat Top National Bank., Gov. Arch Moore, Great Lakes to Florida Highway Association, Mercer County, Mills Godwin, Nancy Conley, Princeton, R.P. Johnson, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Silk Pend, This is an interview with Thurman Conley about the East River Mountain Tunnel., Thurman Conley, Tunnel, Tunnels, Virginia, W.J. George Kellemberger, West Virginia, Wythe County, Wytheville

Tags: 0057, 4/15/97, 57, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bristol, Buddy Stowers, Christmas, Clearfork, Family/People, Florence Ruby Stowers, Geneva Stowers, Germans, Halloween, Hareless Stowers, Japanese, Jim Nunn, Judy Stowers, Julie Parnell, Korean War, Leonard Stowers, Newton James Wiley, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, Rocky Gap, Roy Kidd, Sally Wiley, Sunset Restuarant, This is an interview with Florence Ruby Stowers about her life., Watergate., West Virginia, WWI, WWII

Tags: 0054, 11/4/94, 54, Benton Stowers, Bishop Chapel, Buford Tiller, Calvary, Camp Laurel, Charles Jarrell, Children HOme Society, Churches, Clearfork Road, Community Fund, Dr. Neighbors, Educational Building, Espirit League, George Guy, George VanBlaricom, Green Valley, Harry Byrd, Henry Gibson, Herbert Stowers, Jerry Hunt, Kinser Chapel, Lee Ellis, Lester Thompson, Marion Thompson, Mason Stowers, Mavis Davis, Methodist Church, Mount Nebo, Nannie Rose Tiller, New Hope, Pine Grove, Red Cross, Reverend Groves, Richard Hamlin, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Charge., Rocky Gap Untited Methodist Chruch, Round Bottom, S.E. Stimpson, Shelb's College, Suiter, Sunny Point, Sunny Point Church, The Harvester, This is an interview wtih Nannie Rose Tiller about the history of the Sunny Point Church., Women Society Christian Servicer, Youth League

Tags: 0052, 10/25/94, 52, Alice Mustard, Andrew Morehead, Archie Hamilton, Aunt Gelly's Church, Aunt Gelly's Church., Bernard Clark, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Bonnie Morehead, Braddy Clark, Bunyon Morehead, Charlotte Morehead, Connie Morehead, Crandon, Della Mae Clark, Doctor Wagner, Ethel Dickerson, Family/People, Frances crockett, Frank Morehead, Genseng, Gilbert Morehead/ Ola Morehead, Gordon Morehead, Harry Byrd, Ila Clark French, Jean Morehead, Lorene Morehead, Margie Blankenship, McKinley French, Melanie Morehead, Melissa Horne, Mete Pearly Clark, Miss Berhard, Myrtle Stuart, New York, Noren Updike, Opal Strouse, paul Clark, Pumpkin Center, Radford School House, Randal Morehead, Rocky Gap, Ruby Lambert, Shiloh Church, Simon Steffey, Steve Josiah Steffey, This is an interview with Gilbert Morehead and Ola Morehead about how life in Bland County., Tootsie Michill, VA, WWII, Wythe County

Tags: 0050, 2/17/97, 50, Army, atom bomb, Battle of the Bulge, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield Burton, Bluefield Session Door working, Calvin Coolidge, Camp Reynolds, Camp Shanks, Carrol's grocery, CCC, Charles A. Akers, Christmas, Collin's Store, Columbus Lee Akers, Combat infantry, Democrats, Earl Terry Akers, Easter, Ella Lambert, England, Europe, Family/People, Ford, Fort Valvare, Fort Veldare, France, George Patton, Germany, Glass Coast, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Halloween, Helen Morehead, Hitler, Italians., James Bishop, Japenese, Korean War, Laurel, Lone Ranger, Lucille Akers, Luella Akers, Mary Puckett, Matthew Akers, May Lambert, Midwesterners, Mussolini, Nelsey Marie Stowers, New Deal, New York, Pacific, Paso, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, PWA, Queen Mary, Republicans, Rocky Gap, Sam Lambert, Sardines Rieland Central Europe, Scotland, stock market crash, Tazewell County, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Wylie Akers about his life and WWII., United States, Valentine's Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Walter Eugene Akers, Wanda Stowers, Watergate, West Virginia, WPA, WWI, WWII, Wylie Akers, Yankees

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: 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