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Tags: 716, 9/27/11, Bluefield Sanitarium, chores, games, Growing up in Bland County, Halloween, holidays, Kody Sarver, Lower Wolf Creek, Mary Byrd, paddle, pranks, Railroad, Roue 61, telephone, West Virginia Business School

Tags: 10/1/10, 705, Alma Shufflebarger, Bastian, Biographical, circus, Interview with Alma Shufflebarger on her early life and the history of Bastian., John Dodson / Bonnie Dodson, Railroad, Schools, Shufflebarger, stores

Tags: 493, 5/15/05, Ashley Bradberry, Ashley Bradberry & Chassity Compton, Beulah Jean Bradberry, Biographical, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Buford William Bradberry, Chassity Compton, Clyde Bradberry, Elvis Presley, Fred, Halloween, High Point, Larry, Matoaka High School, Matoaka Mountain, Mildred Ovita Bradberry, Mrs. Stanley, Norma Jean, North Carolina, Princeton, Railroad, Ralph Byrd, Rock, Ron Bradberry, Rosie Bradberry, Smokey Mountains, Sue, This is an interview with Ron Bradberry about the railroad., W.M. Ritter Lumber Company, West Virginia

Tags: “Bubby”, 11/7/05, 482, ball, Baptist Church, Bessie, Biographical, Bob Nelson, Bubby, carnival, Caroll’s Store, Christmas, cornfields, Earl Crabtree, Earnest Blankenship, Elizabeth Clark, fall festival, farm, farmed, fish, Fred Simpkins, Freddie Blankenship, Giles, Halloween, Heather Looney, Herman Malden, Lester Flatt, Letha Nelson Blankenship, Life in Bland County, Lucile Walters, Methodist, Mr. Watt, Ms. Altizer, Ms. Gordon, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hazel Stowers, Ms. Mable Pruett, Ms. Ora Gray Stowers, Ms. Turner, Ms. Walters, Narrows, North Carolina, Pilmer Carrol, pranks, Pruett, Railroad, revivals, Richard Blankenship, Robert Nelson, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom Methodist, School, Shrader, Skeens, swim, Taylor’s Store, The Little Pig Restaurant, The Sunset Drive, This is an interview with Richard Blankenship about his life in Bland County., Will Davis

Tags: 391, 5/15/02, Betty Lambert, Biographical, Burt Reynolds, Burton School, Christmas, Clara Helvey, Cloyd Blankenship, Della Blankenship, Eisenhower, Elbert Clovis, Elise Wright, games, Harry Fogglesong, Harry Shrader, Helen Bowling, James Muncy Lambert, Jennings Lambert, John Wayne, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Luther Bivens, Lynnie Allen Bivens, Margie Stowers, Mollie Neal/Dusty Williams, Nixon, Ora Grey Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Round Bottom United Methodist Church, Roy Clovis, School, Sports, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about her lfie in Bland County., THomas Lambert, Truman, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virgie Bailey, Watergate, Wolf Creek, Womsley’s General Store, Woodrow Stowers

Tags: 0317, 317, 5/4/00, Bastian, Biographical, Church, Life in Bland County, Margaret Fisher, Michelle Fisher, Railroad, stove, This is an interview with Margaret Fisher about her life in Bland County., Wise County

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: 1/6/00, 292, Bastian, Bastian One Room School, beans, Biographical, Biology, Bland County, blizzard, Blue Grove Inn, CC camp, CCC Camp, Cecille Colley’s Station, Chemistry, chevorlet cars, Churches, Cynthia Akers & Kara Perkins, Eunice Childress, geometry, goverment, Hazel Stowers, Kegley Clinic, Korean War, Life in Bland County, movie, Mrs, Mrs. Ruth Kegley algerbra, Norfolk, PF Shrader, potatoes, President Eisenhower. CC Cap, President Truman, R.E. Kidd, Railroad, rasberry, Sawmill, Science, strawberry patch, T.V., This is an interview with Eunice Childress about her life in Bland County., VA, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, winter

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: 12/9/99, 274, Benny Lockhart, East River Metals, Family/People, Farming, First Depression, fishing, Fort Chiswell, Hunting, John Dodson, Life, Prisoner, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Sawmills, tobacco, Wythevillie

Tags: 11/30/99, 272, Airforce Base, Arch Saunders, Army, Bluefield, Camp Cars, Charles Acres, Community, Dry Fork, E.T. Burton, Florida, Fred Brunalon, Fred Saunders, garden, Greenville, Hogan Ferguson, Jack Tyne, Jessie Pruney, John Dodson, Johnny Sea, Laurel, Life, Logging, Moonshining, Mr. Hunt, Nate Charleton, Norfolk, Old Man Hunt, Portsmouth, Princeton, Prison, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Sack Daddy, Sawmills, South Carolina, Still, Virgina, Washington, Whiteville, 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: 11/18/99, 268, Ann Stowers, Baptist church., Biography, Booker, Brazilia Ferguson, Dryfork, East River Mountain, Family/People, ghosts, Gladice Gore, John Dodson, M. H. Ferguson, Mac Ferguson, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mary Little, Railroad, Raleigh, Reba Charelton, Rueben Ferguson, Salisbury, Spencer, Union Baptist Church

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: 10/25/99, 1950’s, 260, advice, arithmatic, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bibliography, bicycles, Biographical interview of Mellissie, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, children, Chinese Checkers, chores, Christiansburg, Christmas, Commissioner of Revenue, courting, Cynthia Akers and Kara Perkins, David Newberry Kidd, electricity, games, Halloween, Helen Hardy, hide and seek, Ira S. Kidd, Jimmy Ray Gibson, John W. Kidd, John Wayne, Kidd Cheverolet, Korean War, life in Bland Co, lunch, Mary Margaret, Mellisie Kidd Gibson, Mildred Newberry Kidd, movies, Mr. Dow Davis, Mrs. Marie Groseclose, Mrs. Rosa Byrd, mud pies, Narrows, Old Maid, out house, paper dolls, party lines, peer pressure, pranks, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Pulaski Community Hospital, punishment, radio, Railroad, rationing, Red Skeleton, Riner, Rook, Saw Mill, shape the world is in, shows, telephone, television, Valentine’s Day, vdgetables, Virginia, W.S. Newberry, Watergate, weather, writing, WWII

Tags: 249, 4/8/99, Amy Green, Aunt Cecil, Bastian, Bastian Sportswear Factory, Bland High School, CCC Camp, Cecil Robin Bruce, Cedar, Daniel Earnest, Dr. Jane Walker, Eugene Davidson, George Starks, God, Hicksville, Hicksville Train Station, Hotel, Hungry Mother Park, Hunting Camp, Iffy Bastian, Jesse Munsey, John Ashey, John Dale Bruce, John Tolbert Kidd, Johnstown Flood, Kimberling, Maple Atwell Sufflebarger, Mary Belcher, Mrs. Birdie Green Walker, Mrs. Heidi Stowers, Nationwide, New York, Parker Hornbarg, Parkersburg, Paul Looney, Post Office, Railroad, Randolph, School Board Office, Starks family, store, Town Square, VA Hardwood Company, Virginia, Walnut Avenue, Walnut Tree, Yankees, Zareda Earnest

Tags: 2/15/98, 237, animals, B.A. Smith, Bastian, Bluefield, buggy, Burton, Christmas, Church, courting, Depression, Don, drop the hankerchif, Ed, Ethel Phillips, farm, Flat Top Mountain, games, graduation, Grandfather Wright, Grandpa Williams, hard wood lumber company, Hollybrook, J.D. Halvey, J.D. Harvey, Lester Chandler, Matt Bradshaw, Mechanicsburg, Metty Repass, Minnie Williams, movie, movie house, Mr. Courty Harvey, Mr. D.C. Nunn, Mr. Farlow, Mr. John French, Mr. Port Chelveys, Mr. T.R. Ramsey, Mrs. Oathy Powers, Ms. Marion Rathford, Narrows, Oathy Pruett, oxen, pheasant, Pinch Creek, Princeton, Pulaski, radio, Railroad, recess, Rich Creek, Rocky Gap, School, stores, Tam, teachers, telephone, television, train, wagon, Walkie Talkie, Walter Chandler, Wardensville, West Virginia, Winchester, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/15/98, 232, Appalachian Trail, Appalachian Trail Hikers, baby chicks, banjo, bass, Bastian, beans, Bill Erwin, Bluefield, bluegrass, Bruce Shufflebarger, candy, Champagne, cigarettes, conductors, cornbread, diner, dobro, fiddle, food, gas station, Grocery store, guitar, gum, hamburgers, Honey Bees, hot dogs, ice cream, instruments, interstate, Jan Long, Kate Childress, Kidd Brothers grocery store, Levi Long, Lundy Childress, Maine, mandolin, Mexico, Mitch Looney, Mr. Kidd, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Jessie Johnston, musicians, overseas, Parkersburg, Post Office, Postmasters, produce, Railroad, rattlesnake, Sawmill, service station, The Corner Diner, Train Depot, United States, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Virginia Hardwood Mill, world, Zareda Ernest

Tags: 218, 3/15/98, A. D. Burton, A. J. Tynes, Acme, Adair, AME Zion Church, armies, Army, army stuff, baby, Baptist Church, beans, Bell Spring, Bill Charleton, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Blankenship, Bluefield, Bluefield State College, boat, Bonnie Dodson, book, books, bootlegger, brakeman, brass buttons, Brewer family, brick houses, bull, Burgesses, camp, candy, car, Carla, cattle, Charletons, chestnuts, chickens, Christiansburg Institute, Church, churned butter, Cleveland, corn, cost of land, covered wagon, cows, Dana Mitchell, Delores (Minnie) Saunders, Delores Harris, Dick Tracey, diploma, doctor Rob, Dolores, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Emma Tynes, employees., Estella Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evelyn Charleton, Family/People, farm, farmed, farmer, farming techniques, Ferguson land, Fergusons, festival, Florida, flour, Floyd County, Football, forest, Franklin County, Fred Saunders, G. I. Bill, General Lee, Gladice Gore, gold, governor, grain mill, Grist mill, Hershey Bars, Hill House, history, history book, Hogans, hogs, horse, horses, house, ice cream, Indian Valley, Jersey, Jews, Jim Hill House, John & Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, John Harris, Kimberling, Korean War, Laddie ????, Laurel Fork, lighter knot, Lillly’s, liquer, Lloyd Charleton, loader, log school, Lonnie Saunders, lumber, Mac Ferguson, Mac H. Ferguson, MacDaniel, MacDaniel Ferguson, Maggie, Margie, Marion, marriage, Marvin ????, mattresses, milk, mines, Minnesota, Mire Branch, Molly Tynes, Molly Tynes ride, moonshine, mountains, Mr. Henry Gray, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Humphrey Hogan, Mr. MacDaniel, Mrs. MacDaniel, Mudfork, Nat Ferguson, Nate Charleton, New River, New York, nursing, nursing school, oats, Ohio, Oil lighter, outhouse, oxen, Pal Saunders, pastor, Phil Lilly, pigs, Pinch Creek, pond, pop, Powell Saunders, powerline, president, Princeton, Pulaski, Railroad, Ramsey farm, Reed Creek, reunion, Reverend J. --G.W. Wells, Richlands, Richmond, rock houses, Rocky Gap, rodeo, Roney Nunn, Rosenthal, Round Bottom, Ruben Ferguson, saddle, Saunder’s farm, Saunders, Sawmill, sawmill construction, School, schoolhouse, Scruggs, Sealy mattress, Secretary, service, shanty, sheep, Silas Greene Show, Smyth County, soldiers, South Carolina, St. Paul, steam engine, store, stram engine, sugar, Taylor’s Mill, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Tazewell County High School, teaching, tick beds, ticks, Timber, tin cans, Tom, Tom Lilly, train, treasurer, Trustees, TV, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Tynes house, Uncle Ned, Virginia, Vocational School, Wagners, wagon, War, Wert Harris, Wesley ????, West Virginia, wheats, whiskey, wife, William Ferguson, Willis, winter, Wolf Creek, wood stove, Woods, Woodysville Spring, Wytheville, Yankees

Tags: 172, 5/4/96, A-Model, Albert Mennick, Bastian Hardwood Mill, Billy Moore, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Brushy Mountain, Burton, Carl Dehart Sawmill, CCC Camp, chainsaws, Charlie Taylor Sawmill, Clearfork, Cleveland, Corregidor, D.E. Conley Sawmill, Dane Havens, Ed Havens, Eggleston, Eisenhower, English Ott Sawmill, Everett Harless, Family/People, FDR, George Harless, Glen Harless, Gravel shooter, Groptoes Virginia, Hal Gills, Hazel Stowers, Henry Sarver Sawmill, Hicksville, Home-Lite, Iris Harless, Johnson, Josh Havens, Kennedy, Kimberling, Korean War, Laurel, Lena Mennicks Harless, Logging, Luther Harless Jr., Luther M. Harless, Martainsville, Marylin Harless, Matoka, Miller Sawmill, Mrs. John Pruett, Ms. Davis, Narrows, Nixon, Norfolk and Western, Ohio, Ora Gray Stowers, Orville Harless, Otis Nelson, Paul Harless, Pearl Harbor, Phillipines., Poulan, Radford Arsenal, Railroad, rocks, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Route 21-52, School, South Gap, Stihl, Suiter, T-Model, Talide C. Carball, This is an interview with Glen Harless about his life., Tom Harless, Truman, UMWA, United Transportation Union, Vataan, Vietnam War, Violet Harless, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Virginia Ruth Foglesong, Watergate, West Virginia, Williamson, Winchester, WW2, Wytheville

Tags: 151, 3/3/96, Biography, CCC Camp, Dust Bowl, Family/People, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, Harold Andrews, Laurel Creek, Logging., Michelle Sarver, New Deal, PWA, Railroad, This is an interview with Harold Andrews about his life., WPA

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: 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: 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