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Tags: 2/8/99, 625, Ralph M. Kidd, This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 246, 4/10/99, Appalachian Power Company, Bastian, Bland County, Bland County Courthouse, Bobby Gross, Ceres, Charles Jasper Miller Starks, Clarence Starks, Dr. Hicks, Eunice Childress, Geneva HIcks Starks, Hicksville, Jessee Wade Hicks, Joseph T. Hicks, Mariah Henderson Maxwell Hicks, Mattiline Starks family, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Pine Grove Methodist Church, railroad depot, Ralph Kidd, Ralph M. Kidd, Rebecca Hicks, Robert Miller Starks, Rocky Gap, Ruby Hylton Kidd, Saw Mills, Susie Gross, Tracey Dye, Tracey M. Dye, Tyler Kidd, voting, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0061, 11/1/94, 61, Bastain, Bastain Post Office, Bastian, CCC Camp, Celanese, Community, Correctional Farm., Depression, Eastman Co., Eastmon Company, Hardwood Lumber, L.H. Palmer Eugene Davidson, Leslie Cochran, Lillias Kidd, Matthew Havens, Mr. Topper, N & W, Narrows, Platnick Brothers, Ralph Kidd, Ralph Kidd/ Lillias Kidd, South Gap, Tennessee, This is an interview with Ralph Kidd and Lillias Kidd about the CCC Camp in Bastian and the Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company., W.G. Bruce

Tags: 551, 7/19/08, Heather Looney and Blake Stowers, Life in Bland County, Ralph Kidd, Ralph Kidd talks about the tunnel and the hardships of growing up in a small county.

Tags: 0116, 10/31/95, 116, Arthur Bruce, B.A. Wimmer, Bastian, Bastian., Beverly Hall, Bland, Bluefield, Ceres, Church of God, Community, Daniel Ernest, doctor, Dr. Perry, Dr. Walker, George Starks, Hardwood Lumber Company, Helen Bruce, Mr. Starks, Mrs. Wimmer, Ms. Morehead, Narrows, Radler, Railroad, Ralph Kidd, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roy Leftwich, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Ralph Kidd about the Bastian area and the Bastian Hotel., undertaker, Walker's Creek, Walkers

Tags: 0110, 10/16/95, 110, Army, Bastian, Biography, CCC, Charlie Bowen, Christie Hull, Civil War, Family/People, Great Depression, Guy Kidd, James Bruce, Korean War, Ms. Guy Bruce, PWA, Ralph Kidd, Rhoda Kidd, Rosco Martin., Ruby Gilkum, This is an interview with Ralph Kidd about his life., Todd Walker, Tyler Kidd, Watson Kidd, Wolfe Creek, World War II, WPA

Tags: 0046, 2/24/93, 46, April Toler, Bastain, Bastian, CCC, CCC Camp, Frank Bastian, Hemlock, Lee and McVitty, Narrows, Norfolk and Western, Parkersburg, Pearisburg., Railroad, Ralph Kidd, Salem, Suiter, The History of the Railroad, This is an interview with Ralph Kidd about the railroad in Bastian and Narrows.Maps of the railroad at Bastian and Narrows., Va., Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, White Oak

Tags: 0053, 5/24/94, 53, Alice Mustard, and Ed Sarver about life in Bland County and in particular the Pinch Creek and Hollybrook area., BC Umbarger, Bernie Clark, Bill Faulkner, Charles Havens, Cliff Burton, Community, Daniel Clark, Daryl Clark, Dewey Williams, Ed Sarver, Elmer Myers, Emory Clark, Gordon Gusler, Grandpa Williams, Harry Byre, Harver Blankenship, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, Hub Blankenship, James Hochclaw, Julius French, Kimberling, Linkous Hollow, Lodesca Blankenship, Manganese, Mire Branch, Oueenie, Pinch Creek and Hollybrook, Pinch Creek., Porchie Helvy, Ralph Clark, Ralph Clark/ Wayne Clark/ Ed Sarver, Ramano Brothers, This is an interview with Ralph Clark, Uncle Henry, Virgil Myers, Walker's Creek, Wayne Clark, Whitegate, Wolfe Creek

Tags: "Bosch Kaput", 0106, 106, 55th Quarter Master, 6/6/95, Angers, Annapolis, Army, Avranches, basic training, Battle of the Bulge, Bloody Muddy Moselle, British, Brittany Peninsula, Camp Buckener, Camp Dodge, Camp Pickett, Captian Smith, Channel, Charleston, Chartres, Chattanooga, Chinamen, Cincinnati, CMTC, Cossacks, Czechoslovakia, Danube, Deacon Bailey, Depression, Diekrirch, Ed Dillon, eighth division, Eisenhower, England, Europe, Eva Braun, FDR, fifth division, Fifth Infantry, Fontainebleau, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Fort Custard, Fort Meade, Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Thomas, France, Frankfort, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Bradley, George C. Scott, Germany, GMC's, Gomez, Grenada, H Company, highlanders, Hitler, Holocaust, Holsthum., Iceland, Indiana, Italy, Jacqulin Rose, Japan, Jim Tolbert, John Harris, Keflavik, Korea, Krauts, KY, Lieutenant Davis, Lorraine, Louisiana, Luxembourg, MacArthur, Marvin G. Kennedy, MI, Montereao, Mussolini, Mustang, New England, New York, ninety-fifth division, Normandy, Nova Scotia, Paris, Patton, Pearl Harbor, PFC, Princeton Avenue, Raleigh Martin, Rhine, Rhineland, Richmond, Robert Taylor, Rocky Gap, Russians, Saar Campaign, Saint Lo, Scotch, Spitfire, Stockem, Tenth Infantry, This is an interview with Rawley Martin about his life and experiences in World War II., Verdun, Vidouville, Vincent Sheean, WAC Camp, War, Washington, Waterloo, World War II, WWII

Tags: 0099, 5/26/95, 99, Bland County, Bluefield, Bunyon Morehead, Buzzi Havens, Community, Doc Nunn, Doctor Jim Davidson, East River Mountain, electricity, Floyd Ramsey, Frank Newberry, Great Depression, James Burton, Matthew Havens, Mont Miller, No Business, Pinch Creek, R.W. Havens/ Lida Havens, Roney Nunn, Sawmill, sawmills., T-Model Fords, This is an interview with R.W. Havens and Lida Havens about their life in Bland County., Walker Mountain, Wolf Creek

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: 2/26/01, 327, Abingdon, AEP, Biographical, Bishop, Brown Lambert Mountain, business, California, Coal Camps, Farms, Ferram College, Fieldale, Flashover, Grundy, Herndon, Homes, Jessica Bowen, Kentucky, Life in Bland County, mountain, R.T. Bowen, Ridgeway, Roanoke area, Rocky Gap, RT Bowen Jr., Supplicing, Tagging, Tazewell, This is an interview with R.T. Bowen about his life in Bland County., Virginia, Wyoming Street

Tags: 159, 4/4/96, Biography, Bluefield, Bluefield Bottling Company, Bramwell, Family/People, Fort Valley, Georgia, Joe Hagey, Kentucky, Louisa, Lynn Hollow, Mama Hagey., Margaret Marre Byrd, Mont P. Branham, N & W, R.T. Bowen, Reese Tate Bowen, Ruth Bowen, Sarah Burge, Sr., Tazewell, This is an interview with R.T. and Rose Bowen about their lives in Bland County., Virginia, West Virginia, Wilten's Mills

Tags: 3/3/02, 372, Biographical, Life in Bland County, Mollie Neal, Phyllis Willis Ruble, This is an interview with Phyllis Willis Ruble about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 3/23/10, 677, Katie Tate/ Isaac Repass, Phyllis Umbarger

Tags: 0115, 10/19/95, 115, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Community, Crystal Woody, Hillsville, North Carolina, Phyllis Looney/ Watha Woody, Raymond Woody, Rocky Gap, Rt. 52, This is an interview with Phyllis Looney and Watha Woody about Charley Woody's produce market., tunnel., Woody's Produce Market

Tags: 12/5/99, 273, Family/People, Josh Buchanan and Adam Goforth, Life, Phyllis Conley

Tags: 479, 5/31/05, Biographical, Justin Nelson, Life in Bland County, Phillip S. Nelson, This is an interview with Phillip S. Nelson about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 1/1/08, 514, Anthony Nelson, Life in Bland County, Phillip Nelson, Rocky Gap & Logging, This is an interview with Phillip Nelson about life in Bland County and logging operations in Bland County.

Tags: 193, 4/17/96, Bill, Biography, Bluefield, Business College, Coolidge, Doc Sands, Ellis Sands, Family/People, Fincastle, Gladys Sands Compton, Henry Blessing, Hoover, Jean Susan Blessing, Jimmy Davidson, Lilly Sands, Mary Beth Pennington and Nancy Conley, Mary Bird Sands, Mary Sands, Mary Sands Dove, Methodist Church, Model T Ford, Mr. Honaker, Mrs. Weldorn, Pete Sands, President Harding, Radford, Richmond, Rosy Stowers, Sears and Roebuck, South Gap, Tazewell, This is an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sands telling about their life., Wanda Woolford, West Virginia Business College, Woodrow Wilson

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: 225, 3/7/98, ABC’s, Ada, AEP, Appalachian, apple pies, Arnett, bank, barn, barnyard, baseball, Bastian, bed, bedroom, Belcher, Belcher Furniture, Belcher Lumber Company, Biographical / Dry Fork, Bishop, Blanche Ferguson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, bonnet, Bonnie Dodson, brach, Bramwell, Brazil, bread, brick oven, brothers, Buckhorn Mountain, cabbages, cabinets, cakes, carpenter, Cashew Hill, cast iron, cemeteries, chain saw, Charlie Taylor, cheesecloth, chimney, China, Christmas, Church, cloak room, cloth, coal miner, Columbia French, cookies, corn, cover, crane, Creole, D.C., desks, devotion, diningroom, dishes, doctor, dresser, Earth, Eisenhouer, families, Family/People, farm, farm equipment, farmed, farmer, Farming, Fort Chiswell, Franklin County, Fred, French, furniture, games, garden, Georgia, GlenLynn, God, Gordons, government, grades, graduation ceremony, grandma’s, grandpa, Halloween, hay, hearth, Hector, Hill Top, hogs, Honaker’s Store, horse, horses, hospital, house, Howard Stowers, Howard’s Store, Hubert Gordon, Jack Tynes, James, Jefferson National Forest, John and Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, Junie, kids, kitchen, kraut, land, Lee, Lee’s, Lewis Ferguson, livingroom, log barn, logs, Lord, lunch, M. H. Ferguson, Mac, Mac Ferguson, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mack Harfney Ferguson, mahogany wood, Martha Cobb, Marvin Tynes, Maryland, mattresses, May, May Charles, meat, meat house, mechanic, Mervetta, mild, militia, milk, mill, Miss Black, Miss Morehead, Miss Whitney, Monday, mother, mountain, mountains, movies, Mr. Charles, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Gray, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Honaker., Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tynes, Mr. Will Gray, mules, Murray, New Orleans, North Carolina, note, nurse, Ohio, one room school, open heart surgery, path, Pearl Gordon, Pennsylvania, Pete Ferguson, pies, pipe, pneumonia, ponies, porch, Post Office, potatoes, pots, pound cake, Prices, Princeton, property, props, punish, recess, record, Reuben Ferguson, Roberta, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, Ruben Edward, Santa Clause, saw mill, Saw Mill, School, scraper, seed, shanties, Simpson, sink, sisters, slate rock, slave, slavery government, sled, Social Security, songs, South Carolina, spring, spring box, spring house, spring water, stove, straw, substitute teachers, sulpher spring, taxi cab, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, Thelma Smith, This interview is biographical in nature and focuses on life on Dry Fork., tic mattress, Timber, time, trailer, trailers, trees, trench, trough, truck, VA, vegetables, Vernon Cobb, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Wagners, wagons, Washington, water, weeds, well water, wheat straw, Willie, winter, wood stove, Work, WV

Tags: 0326, 2/17/01, 326, American Indians, baptisms, Baptist Church, Bessie Smith, Big Farmers Market, Biographical, Bland, Bluefield, Blues, Boyd French, California, Camp Pendleton, carpenter, Carroll, Charleston, Charlie Robinson, City of Berkley, Clark’s Place, Denmark, Deoietha Ferguson, Doc. Brown, Dry Fork, Eggleston, Elgood, Epps Saunders, Ethel, Europe, farm, Faulkner, Ferge Tynes, Fred Saunders, Free Slave, Gardens, Glen Lynn, Hardy, house, Iceboxes, Ingleside, Internet, John Dodson, Kay Couch, Life in Bland County, Lorenze Robinson, Mack Furguson, Marine Corp., Marmet, Mary Fannie, Mary Robinson, Molasses, Moon shining, Mormon Church, Mr. Ace Toler, Mr. Bukhart, Mr. White, Mud Fork, Nathaniel, New York City, Norfolk, North Carolina, Palmer, Percy Robinson, Pete Furguson, pigs, Plumber, Powell Saunders, preacher, Rail Road, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roy Clark, Ruben Ferguson, Sawmill, slave, spring house, Sugar Cane, switch, Tazewell County, The Buff, This is an interview with Percy Robinson about his life in Bland County., tobacco, train, Tynes Chapel, Virginia, wagon, Warren Gray, Webster, West Virginia, Western Rail Road, Wolf Creek

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: 12/6/98, 238, activities, Almer E. Harman, antiques, Athens, Bastian, Beaver, Beaver High School, Bible, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield High, Bobby Thompson, Broadway show, Concord College, cook, dairy farm, Depression, drive-ins, drug store, Dutch oven, East River Avenue, elementary school principal, Fareview Junior High, food, freezer, garden, Grey Hound, hairdresser, Illee H. McGlen, Illee Harman, Jefferson Street, John J. McGlen, junior high school, Landmark, Leverit, Levert Trump, Little Orpan Annie, Louisburg, Marion Compton, Mary Belcher, Mary Beth Belcher, Medusa, Mercer County, Morgan Town, movies, Nannie Catherine Dare, New York, Norfolk, North Carolina, Ohio, one-room schools, Palmener Carol’s General Store, Peggy Trump, Pennsylvania, Raleigh, Rocky Gap, Second World War, stove, teacher, tin can alley, Uncle Dave Shufinbaker’s Store, VDOT, Virginia, Walter Sutton Harman, West Virginia, West Virginia Hardwood, Willow Brook, Wilmington, WVU