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Tags: 2/28/08, 518, Alton Nelson, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony Nelson, Archie Nelson, Aury Nelson, Bill Nelson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Charlie Taylor, Cheyenne, Christmas, Eisenhower, Elbert, Ethel Nelson, Freddy, Giles Memorial, God, Halloween, Japanese, Jope, Josephine Nelson, Lawrence Welk, Life in Bland County, Lucile Ball, Marilyn, Milky Way, Molly Nelson, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Gregory, Ms. Nanny Rose Tiller, Ms. Nilly, Ms. Stiltner, Newton, Palma Carol, Pearl Harbor, Perry Como, Roanoke, This is an interview with Winifred Blankenship about her life in Bland County., Tony, Tony Curtis, TV, Vinny Nelson, white, Winifred, Winifred Blankenship, Wolf Creek, World War II

Tags: 1/6/03, 400, Biographical, Bland, Charles Davidson, Charlotte AnnElliot, Christmas, Church, Dinky, Donald Gibson, Dry Fork Baptist Church, games, Gene Schefferbarter, Halloween, holidays, Kayla Gibson/Jessica Barnette, Life in Bland County, movie, movies, Mr. Cummon, Newton, Palmer Carols, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Series, Steve Gibson, Sunday School, This is an interview with Donald Gibson about his life in Bland County., Tim Gibson, Toler’s, Walter Davidson

Tags: 378, 5/6/02, Artie Kitts, August 11, Bastian, Becky, Ben Bird, Biographical, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Brushy Mountain, Charley Pauley, Chevrolet, chores, Christmas, construction, courting, dating, Debbie, depot, farm, Farming, fishing, Frankfort, gas, George Allen, Gertrude Pauley, Gordon Pauley: Belle Pauley, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greens Construction, Harry E. Pauley Sr., Harry Pauley, Hoover, horehound candy, Huntington, Jane Ella Pauley, John F. Kennedy, Johnson, Junior Pauley, Kegley, Kennedy, Lebington, Levi Long, Lexington, Life in Bland County, Lone Ranger, Margret Thompson, marriage, North Carolina, Novas, Olmens, out house, Parkersburg, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Ralph Mills, Randy Pauley, remedies, Rescue Squad, restaurant, Shrader, Shufflebarger, snow, South Gap, Southern Coal, store, storms, This is an interview with Harry E. Pauley Sr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson, town, Walker’s Creek, Walker’s Mountain, wedding, Will Neal, WWII

Tags: 373, 4/7/02, Amos and Andy Show, Anthony Conley, Bastian, Bastian School, Bill French, Biographical, Bland, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bruces Hill, Brushy Mountain, Buddy Lucas, CC camp, Ceres, Christmas, Claude Stowers, Clear Fork, Colonia Theater, Delano Roosevelt, Desi and Lucy, Earnest Lucas, Errol Flynn, Farming, garden, Grace Kidd, Harry Dean Lucas, Hazel Stowers, hide and seek, Hunting Camp Creek, James W. Conley, Jamie Conley, Jevette Buchanan, kick the can, Life in Bland County, Lillith Kidd, lumberman, Miss Flora Eagle, Miss Hattie Stowers, Miss Phyllis Kidd, Miss Ruth Groseclose, Mollie Neal & Dusty Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Henderson Kidd, Patty Whitehead, Pearl Harbor, Phyllis Conley, President Eisenhower, Ruth Groseclose, Shewie, Snow Ice Cream, Suiter School, This is an interview with Bill French about his life in Bland County., Wolf Creek, Woolworths five and dime

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: 0322, 1/9/01, 322, Adriana Faulkner, Alfred Faulkner, Biographical, Bland, Bland Co., Brushy Mountain Hotel, CCC Camps, Chester Faulkner, chores, Christmas, Deer Run Estates, George Faulkner, Halloween, Kimberling, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Log Cabin Restaurant, Lone Ranger, Nola Pruett Faulkner, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Roosevelt, President Johnson, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Skyway, This is an interview with Alfred Faulkner about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II

Tags: 0319, 12/29/00, 319, 4th of July, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Burkes Garden, Captain Sam Newberry, Chilhowie, Christmas, Clearfork, Easter, Eisenhower, FFA, Geraldine Scott Bowen, Ingrid Bergamn, Jeananne Hoge, Jeff Hoge, Jessica Bowen, Johnson: Nixon, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Lucy Kidd Newberry, M.H. Bowen Jr, M.H. Bowen Jr., M.H. Bowen Sr, Mary Elizabeth, Maytag, Meek Hoge, Meek Hoge III, Mill Wall, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Tazewell County, Theater Barber Shop, This is an interview with M.H. Bowen Jr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson Crockett Bowen, Tiffany Lee, Valentines, Virginia Newberry Bowen, William Allan Newberry, World War II

Tags: 0302, 2/15/00, 302, A.J. Tynes, acre, arithmetic, barn, beans, bears, Big Emmet, Biographical, Bland, Bluefield, Bluefield State, Bristol Adams, Burkes Garden, canemill, cat, Charlie Taylor, Charolette Saunders, chestnuts, Conrad Tuggle, deer, Dry Fork, Emma Gordon Tynes, England, Ernie Ford, Ferguson Cemetary, flags, flour, Franklin County, garden, geography, Georgia, Grand Ole Opry, Grayson County, Greenville, hams, hogs, Indian Burial Ground, Jack Tynes, Jerry Nidday, Jim Harless, John Dodson, Julia Clark, kitchen, Lawerance Welk Show, leather britches, Life in Bland County, literature, Little Emmet, log cabin, Mack H. Ferguson, Marvin Tynes, Narrows, Nashville, Newberry’s Funeral Home, Octavia Saunders, Ohio, Pete Ferguson, pigs, Portsmouth, Powell Saunders, prayers, Princeton, rabbit, Railroad, recordshop, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Sawmill, slave, sled runner, Smith and Cannon, songs, sorghum, South Carolina, spring, store, Tazewell, Tennesse, This is an interview with Marvin Tynes about his life in Bland County., Thompson, train’ Columbus, Uncle Elige, United Central, Virginia, West Virginia, wheat, Williamson, Wolfe Creek

Tags: 12/29/99, 295, Big Walker Mountain, Biographical, Bland, Bland Co., Carroll Co., Dismal, Erin Thompson & Robbie Morehead, gardening, Giles Co., Grayson Co., King of England, Life in Bland County, Molly Kinley Thompson, Molly Thompson, Point Pleasant, Sky Dusky Hollow, Slide Area, This is an interview with Molly Thompson about her life in Bland County., VPI cave club

Tags: 293, 5/24/00, Appalacian Trail, Big Walker Mountain, Biographical, Bland, Civil War, corn, dairy farming, Dismal Falls, John Burton, Life in Bland County, Natasha Looney, No Business, Otto Neidermeyer, Rex Morehead, This is an interview with Rex Morehead about his life in Bland County., waterfall, Wessendock, Wolf Creek Mountain, Wytheville, Yankees

Tags: 1/2/00, 290, Benjamin Leighton & Jeffrey Johnson, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, Christmas, Christmas program, Darnell Miller, Divides, Don Umbarger, Easter, Eleanor Johnson, fruit basket, Harry Byrd, Hollybrook, Hollybrook School, homecoming, J.D. Clark, Jesus, John Finley, Life in Bland County, Lodeska French, Lord’s Prayer, McNeal Church, Mechanicsburg, Nettie French, No Business, one-room school, Pearl Harbor, Pledge of Allegiance, Pumpkin Center, Radford school, Rev. Don White, Rev. Kegley, revival, Rocky Gap, Route 606, Route 608, Ruth Crabtree, Silver Creek, South Gap, tap plans, Ted Anders, television, This is an interview with Eleanor Johnson about her life in Bland County., Virginia Brown, Walkers Creek, weather, Wessendock United Methodist Church, White Sulphur Spring, Wilderness Road

Tags: 12/30/99, 288, Appalachian Trail, Baltimore, Barbara Keith, Belinda Blankenship, Biographical, Bland, Claytor Lake, Colorado, Denver, Dismal Falls, Glasscoe, Hollybrook, Indian Villae, Indiana, Life in Bland County, Maryland, Rex Morehead, Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Barbara Keith about her life in Bland County., Virgina, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/20/99, 286, Ashley & Sue Lilly, Ask, Atlanta, Betty K. Munsey, Big Walker Mountain, Biographical, Bland, Blue Spruce, Bluefield, Buick, Christiansburg, College in Continuing Education, Colorado, Doug Lester, Dry Fork, Ford, garden, Greenville, Hawthorn Shrubs, Indian Village, Jack Compton, Life in Bland County, McCoy, Milwaukee, Montgomery County, Mr. Ellis, New River, North Carolina, Norway Spruce, Raleigh, Roanoke, Salem, South Carolina, This is an interview with Ashley & Sue Lilly about their lives in Bland County., Virgina, Walker’s Creek, White Pine, Winston, Wytheville Community College

Tags: 12/21/99, 284, Appalachian Power Company, Appalachian Trail, Betty K. Munsey, Biographical, Bland, Board Of Supervisores, Brushy Mountain, Canada, Church, Circuit Court in Bland county, Colorado, Commissioner of Revenue, Cracker’s Neck, Davaid Campbell, Doc Havens, Duke Power Company, Farmville, Florida, Food plot, Gardens, governor, High Rock, Life in Bland County, Newport News, Ronnie Hall, Sam Ray kitts, School, Texas, This is an interview with Ronnie Hall about his life in Bland County., Virgina, Virgina Tech, Walker’s Creek, Wildlife, Wythe County

Tags: 11/30/99, 283, Betty K. Munsey, Biographical, Bird Cemetary, Bland, Bland High School, Cemetery, Dairy Cows, Elizabeth Bird, farm, Floyd County, garden, Indian Village, Life in Bland County, Montana, Mr. George Bird, Mr. Woodrow, North Carolina, Radford College, Range Eternal, Richmond, Rural Electrification, This is an interview with Elizabeth Bird about her life in Bland County., Virgina, Walker Mountain, Washington area, Wolfe Creek

Tags: 12/28/99, 281, Abingdon, Bastian, Billie Jean Carty, Biography, Bland, Charois Beef Cattle, Civil War, Durham, Family/People, farm, fishing, garden, Hicksville, Hunting, Jennifer Belcher, Live Stock, North Carolina, Pearisburg, Pine Grove Church, Rich Mountain, Richmond, Veterinarian, Virgina, Washington County Farm, Wildlife

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: 11/14/99, 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, 269, Billy French, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Brunce Brewer, canning, Castle Wood, Churches, Cleveland Ohio, Dryfork, EastEnd Church, Family/People, Floyd, Gardens, Grayson, Great Depression, Hardy Clolumbus Ohio, Homes, Jack Tynes, Jersey City, Jim Hill, John Dodson, Judge Sexton, Lee Tynes/Toots Tynes, Low Gap, Making Whiskey, Maryland, moonshine, Mr. Mack Daniel, Mullins, Noahy Charlton, plane crash, Princenton, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roy Day, Sam Mitchem, Saw Mills, School Field Trips, Schools, Sutphin Grocery, Tazewell, Virgina, West Virgina, WWII, Wytheville

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: 11/9/99, 265, Airplane Crash, Atlanta, Beckley, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Cemetaries, Charlie Tiller, Christmas, Church, Clumbus, Dickenson, Dryfork, Emma Gordon, Engleside, Family/People, Flordia, Floyd, Gardens, Grayson, Halifax, Hazel Tynes, Houses, Hunting, Jack Tynes, John and Bonnie Dodson, Loan Company, Maryland, May Queen contest, Mercer, Monroe, Mr. Cunningham’s, Mullins, Narrows, New Jersey, Ohio, Pete Ferguson, Portsmouth OH, radio, Railroad, Roaoke, Rocky Gap, Schools, segration, slave, Smiths Saw Mill, Tazwell, Verdel Gordon, Virgina, West Virgina, Wolfcreek, Wythe

Tags: 258, 9/11/99, AFC office, and working for the Post Office., bars, Bastian, Big Walker, Bland, Bland County Fair, Bland Messanger, Bland Post Office, Bluefield, Bob Davis, Bobby Newberry, Brushy, Cawana’s Club, Clearfork, clerk for Draft Board, Cloyd’s Mountain, Colonial Fields, courthouse, deferment, discrimination against blacks, Dr. Kegley, Draft Board, East River, Ed, Elmo Silo, exhibits, FFA, fights, Frankie Newberry, grouse, Henry Ratcliff, horses, Hunting, John Dodson, John Dodson and Robbie Morehead, Koren War, Life and the Bland County Fair, Mig Hoges, Miss. Repass, Moorehead’s, Mr. Gilley, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Roy Kidd, Nancy Tate, NAPA, Ohio, Pierce Kegley, Post Master, quail, Richardsons, rides, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Social Services, Suzanne, Tech, Ted, This is an inteview with Nancy Tate. She talks about life in Bland, Vietnam War, Washington County, West Virginia, working for the Draft Board, Wright’s, Wytheville, Yonce’s

Tags: 255, 9/9/99, Bastian, Big Walker Mountain, Bland, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bluefield, Brent Moore, Bruce Niece, Bruce’s Station, Bus Line, Campbell City, Ceres, Charles Moore, Chevrolet, Clear Fork, Depression, Dow Davis, Fair interview, General Motors, Grey Hound, Guy Niece, Joe Lambert, John Dodson, Model T, Moore Brothers, Pinch Creek, Red Oak church, Reed Creek, Richmond, South Gap, St. Luke, State Corporation Commission, Stony Fork, Studibaker, Walker Creek, Winston Salem, Work Tickle, Wytheville

Tags: 250, 4/7/99, Biographical interview conducted with Lula Blankenships, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, chores, Christmas, Courtney Simpkins, Courtney Simpkins & Laura Rife, Dismal Creek, Eleanor Johnson., Emory, Family/People, Farming, Ford, house, Kegley Manor, Laura Rife, Lula Blankenship, Lula K. Mitchell Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Miller, Mitchell, Mr. Dodson, Robert Blankenship, School, Tap Piano, Trent’s, Virginia

Tags: 248, 5/10/99, Bland, Bland County, Dallas Hubbard, East River Mountain, equipment., Erik Compton, Ford Tandem, logging business, logging convention, Marion Harless, PG Builders, Princeton, Richmond, Roncevere, Rt. 606, Squire, Steve Inscore, Stihl 64, Tim Compton, Turman Lumber, VA, WV