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- Tags: Civil War
Rex Morehead
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
Billie Jean Carty
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
Jim Davidson
Tags: 1/10/98, 208, Acme Supermarket, Allegheny County, Andrew Davidson, Appomattox, Bastian, Battle of Five Forks, Benjamin Harrison, Betty Jane Harmon, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Brush Mountain, Brushfork, Brushy Mountian, Burkes Garden, Camp Alexander, Canada, CCC Camp, Chrissy Ethel Johnston, Civil War, Cold War, Compton House, Consolidation Coal, County Surveyor, Courtney Longworth, D.C., Dublin, East River Mountain, Eugene Davidson, Eva Davidson, Family/People, Federal Government, Flat Top, Flat Top Mountain, Frank Hall, Gene Davidson, General, General Toland, German, Giles County, Hogback, Hogback Mountain, Hollybrook, Indians, Ireland, James Carpman, James Davidson, Jay Fred Hall, Jim Davidson, John Allen, John Bailey, John Davidson, John Goolman Davidson, Joseph Davidson, Kate Bailey, Katie Davidson, Kimberling, Lamberts, Laurel, Lee, Lees and McVitty Timber Company, Leise and McBitty Timber Company, Little Creek, Mac Davidson, Martha Davidson, Mercer County, Miller, Molly Tynes, Mountain Lake, Mr. Johnston, Narrow, Narrows, Nashville, National Forest, New River Bridge, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Norforld and Western Railroad, Novis, Ohio, Otto Stange, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Poor Valley, Radford, Revolutionary War, Rice, Robert, Round Mountain, Russia, Rutherford B. Hayes, Smyth, Smyth County, South Gap, Southern Ohio, Soviet Union, Suiter, Tazewell, Temple Hill Cemetery, Tennessee, This is an interview with Jim Davidson about his ancestors and natural resources in Bland County., Virginia, Virginia Hardware Lumber Company, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, W. W. Harmon, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, West Virginia Courthouse, Wilderness, Wise County, Wolf Creek, World War I, Wythe County, Wytheville
Cleve Winesett
Tags: 11/5/98, 196, Alec Brown, Alex Brown, Alf Umbarger, armistice, Baltmore, Barnett, Bastian, Ben Kegley, Berlin Crisis, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland Court House, Bluefield, British, brogan, Brown, Buck Stewart, Bud Bruce, Burkes Garden, Calais, called "A Conversation With the Past"., Camp Lee, Carroll County, Carter's store, Ceres, Charles Compton, chickens, Christmas, Civil War, Clay Pole Gap, Clear Fork, Cleve Winesett, Clinch, Crabtree Store, Dave Umbarger, Davis, Davison, dirt roads, Dr. Wooline, East River Mountain, Europe, Family/People, Fancy Gap, Farming, Floyd Crabtree, Foglesong Valley, food, Fort Chiswell, France, French, G.S Bruce and co., G.S. Grocery Company, Garden Mountain, General Lee, George Humphries, Germans, Germany, Gettysburg, Giles County, Gober Peas, Grace Carter, Grayson County, Groseclose, Grover Brown, Gulf Station, Halloween, Hicksville, Hillsville, Horner's Grocery, Ice Nails, Infantry Regiment, Jackson's Ferry, James River, Jesse, Jim Neal, Joe Compton, Joe Kinley, John Barger, Kemple, Leon Shultz, Leon's Service Station, Linsey Woolsey, Little Brushy Mountain, Little Creek, livestock, Logging, Lois, Marion, Maryland, Maude's Cove, McKinley, Mecon Bowen, Molly Tine, Mongolia, Mountain Lions, Mr. Compton, N &W Train, Narrows, Nathan Easterly, New River, Newport News, Nigger Toe, Noah Winsette, Norfolk, North Carolina, North Sea, Northern Army, Ohio, Owens & Owens, Paris, Paul Barger, Pearisburg, Pete Johnson, Petersburg, Philidelphia, Phillip Leonard, Poor Valley, produce, Red Oak, Red Oak church, Red Oak Road, Red Oak School, Roanoke, Robert E. Lee, Rocky Gap, Saltville, Sam Kegley, Saw Mill, Scol Goza, Sharon College, Sharon Springs, Sluss family, Sluss Indian Massacre, South Carolina, Spangler, steam engines, Stone House, Stonewall Jackson, Stoney Creek, Surratt, Susan Brown, Tazewell, Tazewell Pike, Tazewell-Burkes Garden Ash Road, Tazewll- Wytheville Turnpike, Temple, This is one of a series of interviews done by a Radford University student, Thompson., Tilson, Timber, Transportation, turkeys, Turner, U.S. History, Umbarfers, Union Army, Virginia History, wagons, Walking Jim Lambert, Wilderness Road, Will Kegley, Winston Salem, Wlaker Mountain, Wolf Creek, Woodlawn, World War II, Wythe County, Wytheville, Wytheville Court House, Yankee
John Thompson
Tags: '39 Chevrolet, 166, 1951 Oldsmobile, 4/30/97, atom bomb, Augusta County Virginia, Betty, Biography, Bland County, Brushy Mountain, California, Ceres, Ceres High School, Chaplin, Christmas, Civil War, entertainment, Eugene Orr, Family/People, Farming, fire department, flooding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fred Simpkins, Gary Cooper, Gayle Matthews, Germans, Goldsboro, Gordon Junior High, Gwen Thompson, Halloween, household chores, Japanese, Jews, John Atwell, John Thompson, Laura Atwell, Laurel Fork Creek, Mangus Lee Thompson, Marion, McDonald Douglas, Mount Vernon High School, Mr. Thomas, Mrs, Mrs. White, Navy, North Carolina, Oldsmobile Star fire '88, Patrick Pace, Pearl Harbor, Poor Valley, Radio Shack, rationing, Robert MacMillan, Rocky Gap, Roger Suda, Russians, Sarah, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, snow storms, South Carolina, Starger, This is an interview with John Thompson about growing up in Washington D.C. and Ceres, Tom and Lily King, United States, victory gardens, Virginia, Virginia., Waddle, Walkers Mountain, Washington D.C., William Thompson, World War II, Wytheville
Clara Burton
Tags: 153, 4/30/97, Bastian, Bertis, Bill Umbarger, Biography, Bluefield Business College, Brady, business school, candy, Carl, CCC Camps, chores, Civil War, Clara Burton, co0al mining, college, dog, dolls, E.C., Earl, electricity, Eli Leedy, Everett, Falls Mills, Family/People, Farming, fireplace, fun, games, Grace, H., H.M. Henderson Kidd, Hicksville, holidays, Jack, Jack Mustard, Kimberlin, livestock, Log House, Loriana, marbles, marriage, Marvin, Mary Ann and Sara French, Mary Ellen Clark, Nana Leedy, Okie, Orwen Sheffey, Peal Harbor, Pinegroove Methodist Church, Salem Church, School, shape country is in, Shawvers Mill, subjects, Suitor, Tazewell County, tea, the Depression, This is an interview with Clara Burton about life in Bland County. She grew up in Hicksville but was born and now lives in Mechanicsburg., train, trap door, weather, Work, WWI, WWII
Reece Tate Bowen; Sr.
Tags: 10/20/95, 121, 1913 Cadillac, A. Lincoln, Ash County, Augusta Military Academy, Basketball, Bastian, Biography, boxcars, Bristol, CCC Camp, Civil War, coal, Depression, diesel engines, drug store, Family/People, Grett Mustard, Henry S. Bowen, Hobo's, Hoover, horse buggies, horseshoes, Huckleberry, Maiden Springs, Mary Ellen Bowen, Mary Mustard, Mary Mustard Bowen, Narrows, NC, Norfolk and Southern, Princeton., Reece Tate Bowen, Reese Bowen, Republican, Rocky Gap, Sarah Burge, Sr., Sr. about his life., Stanton, steam engines, Suitor, T-Model Ford, Tazewell, Teapot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Reece Tate Bowen, Union Mine Workers of America, VA, Wittens Mills, WWI
Ralph Kidd
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
Joseph Carr/Doris Carr
Tags: 0078, 1/5/95, 78, Ardelia Jane Wolford Mitchell, Aunt Lila, Civil War, Colonel John Compton, Colonel John R. Compton, Community, Compton, Dismal Creek, Gap View, Hattie Compton, Indian Trails, J.B. Upduke, J.R. Compton, Joe Compton, Joseph Carr/Doris Carr, Lizzy Miller, Mechanicsburg, Misses Fannie, Montgomery Ward, Mountain Watchman, Mr. C.T. Hanks, Mr. Hanks., Mr. Houston Compton, Mr. J. Wiley Thorn, Mrs. Compton, National Forest, Rev. J.E. Naft, Sawmill, Squire Thorn, Stephanie Compton, The Old Gap View Home, This is an interview with Joseph Carr and Doris Carr about the history of the old home of Colonel John Compton and surrounding areas., Virginia Militia, Wardmill, Wolford's
Nannie Rose Tiller
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
Veneda Wyatt
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
Susan Larue
Tags: 2/23/02, 43, Ada Cockerham, Alfred Larue, Allie, Biography, Black Oak Mountain, Bluefield, Bristol, Brooks Larue, Christmas, Civil War, Cloverdale School, Dave Lurue, Edna Harmon, Fairview Community Church, Family/People, Garland Larue, George Larue, Glenlyn, Glenwood Park, Grandma Robinette, Grandpa Clyburn, Hardy Place, Jamie, Jesse Larue, Joshua Luther, Josie, Korean War, Larry Cockerham, Littlesburg, Littlesburg School, Lucille Larue, Margaret Johnston Clyburn, Mary Susan Larue, Mercer County, Mercer County Home Demonstration Club, Mrs. Owens, Nannie, Navy, New River., Old Bluff Road, Patty Harmon, Persian Gulf War, Princeton, Reverand Leslie, Rock, Ruby, Russell Johnston, Ruth Larue, Sara Beth French/Mary Ann French, South Pacific, Susan Larue, Tennessee, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Mary Susan Larue about her life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Virginia, West Virginia, WWI, WWII
Nannie Rose Tiller/Virgie Ellen Puckett/Levi Harrison Sands/Jean Winiford Sands/James Richard Neal/Annie French Neal/Raymond Fritz Stowers/Ora Gray Stowers/Ronnie Jackson/Diane Jackson
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0038, 02/26/1994
02/27/1994
03/01/1994
03/06/1994, 02/26/1994
02/27/1994
03/01/1994
03/06/1994, 38, Alexander Suiter, and Diane Jackson about the history of the Honaker Church., Anne Honaker, Annie Neal, Bethany United Methodist Church, Bishops Chapel, Bland County Courthouse, Bland County School Board, Bland Mission, Bluefield, Bob Harris, Brother Lesley, Brown, Buddy Anderson, Butler, BYU, C.A. Pangle, C.N. Pemberton, Calvary, Camp road, Ceres, Charlie Hancock, Churches, Civil War, Clearfork Baptist Church, Conrad Tuggle, Daniel, Davis, Ed Lemmon, Edward Wilson, Elizabeth Tuggle, Elosie Honaker, Epworth League, Ernest Blankenship, Faye Lawson, Forbes, Green Valley, Henry Bird, Holly Boone, Homecoming Day, Homecomings, Honaker Chapel, Interstate 77, J.C. Honaker, J.D. Honaker, J.H. Bird, J.J. Bird, James C. Davidson, Jancie Andrews, Jean Sands, John Carpenter, John Goolman Davidson, John Lambert Rev. Wyatt, John P. Lambert, Julia H. Davidson, Julie Lundy, K. Tiller, Kathleen Rucker, Kinser's, Laurel, Laurel Fork, Laymen's Club, Lee Nelson, Levi Sands, Luna French, MACC, Mary Goodman, Methodist Episcopal Church, Mitchell, Mr. Blankenship, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Spence, Mrs. Anna Graves, Mrs. B.E. Conley, Mrs. C.B. Foglesong, Mrs. C.N. Pemberton, Mrs. Edna Lambert, Mrs. John Lambert, Mrs. Pemberton, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Spence, Myrel French, Nannie Jarrell, Nannie Rose, Nannie Rose Tiller/Virgie Ellen Puckett/Levi Harrison Sands/Jean Winiford Sands/James Richard Neal/Annie French Neal/Raymond Fritz Stowers/Ora Gray Stowers/Ronnie Jackson/Diane Jackson, Nebo, offices, Old Bird Place., Ollie Mae Gregory, Ora Gray Stowers, Pearl Blankenship Connie Blankenship, Pete Sands, Peter C. Honaker, Pine Grove, Prayer breakfast, Preacher Forbes, Princeton, PTA, Raleigh Grayson Turnpike, Ray Davis, Raymond French, Raymond L. Booze, Raymond Stowers, Recording Secretary, Rev. C.W. Stone, Rev. Alton Jessee, Rev. E.G. Smith, Rev. James Allen, Rev. James Hudsteth, Rev. Lawrence Harrison, Rev. N.B. Phillips, Rev. R.T. Newton, Rev. Tilson, Richard Hamblin, Richard Lawson, Richard Neal, Robert W. Davidson, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Ronnie Jackson, Round Bottom, S.E. Stinson, school house road, Sunday School, Sunny Point, Sunny Point Church, Susie Gross, Sutphin's, The History of the Honaker Church, This is an interview with Nannie Rose Tiller, Tilson, UMU, UMW, Virgie Puckett, weddings, William H. Gibson, WMU, Wolf Creek, Women's Society of Christian Services
Fred Simpkins / BeulahMorehead
Tags: 0035, 2/28/94, 35, A.B. Caldwell, Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Beulah Morehead, Bland Ranger, Bland Rangers, Brock Tibbs, Civil War, Civil War., Comptons, Ed Caldwell, Fred Simpkins, Fred Simpkins III, Looney's, Mrs. Toland, Napoleon John Toland, Princeton, Tazewell, This is a report about the Civil War and Bland County taken from interviews with A.B. Caldwell and Fred Simpkins III., VA Tech, War, WV, Wytheville
Ora Gray Stowers
Tags: 0029, 11/12/93, 29, 4-H, Bland, Bland Courthouse, Camp Obediah, Ceres, Christmas, Civil War, Clubs, East River Mountain, Field Trips, first school bus, grading system, Hollybrook, Laurel Creek., Marion, Mechanicsburg, Mr. Malery, New Years Day, Old One Room School Houses, Ora Gray Stowers, Princeton, Radford College, Rocky Gap, SCA, school events, school materials, school staff, school subjects, Schools, Smith County, Sports, Tammy Caudill, This is an interview with Ora Gray Stowers about the old one room school houses in Rocky Gap., VA, Virginia, Wolfcreek