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Tags: 711, 9/22/11, Advanced diploma, Basketball, Bland High School, Cluxi, dairy farm, French, German immigrant, gold, Graves, Hollybrook Elementary, homecoming, Hunter Stanley, Indians, Lake Morehead, Latin, Life in Bland County, Meagan Bradshaw, murder, No Business, Richmond, Rockets. Eagles, School rivals, slaves, Wesendonck

Tags: 345, 5/6/01, Ada Simpkins, Aden Nelson, Annie Rudd, Appalachian Power Company, Arnold Scott Htchinson, Bailey Lumber Company, Bastain, Bedford, Bessie Alderman Shrader, Beta Club, Betsy Alderman Shrader, Bill Lawbert, Biographical, Bland Correctioal Center, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobbie Jo DeHart & Peggy Sutphin, Bobby Joe DeHart, Boots Tiller, Bubby Shrader, Captain Bailey, Caroline County, Charles Patrick Sutphin, Charlie Levitt, Christmas, College Avenue, Colonial Theater, Commonwealth of Virginia, Confederate, Cover Hollar, Dal Davis, Deroit, Dicky Ratliffe, Dorothy Glly, Doroty Irene Shrader, Dorthy Gilly, Dr. JJ Davidson, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Easter, Eleanor Goad, Ellen Newton, England Germany, English Channel, Ester Williams, Florida, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gene Sands, George Lessie Htchinson, Georgia Lumber Company, Granada Theater, Harry Truman, Hawthorne, Hazel Stowers, Helsey Springer, Honaker Baptist Church, Hoseph Watson, Irene Gregory, Jessica DeHart, John Henery Pruett, Joseph Watson, Joseph Watson Shrader, Kings Dominion, Kresky’s, Lee Royal, Life in Bland County, Lucille Waltes, Lucy Litton, Maggiecovern, Marian Childress Simpkins, Marvin Bowling, Mary Gertrude Bailey Hutchinson, New River, New York, Newport News, Niday, Norma Jean Bird, Normandy, North Carolina, Ora Grey Stowers, Paul Joseph Shrader, Peggy Sutphin, Pete Sands, Radford Arsenal, Richard DeHart, Richmond, Ripes Crossing, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Church, Round Bottom Church, Ruby Billips, Ruby Carrie Shrader, Ruth Fisher, Schwinn, Stanfrd Signs, State Theater, Summers County, Thanksgiving, The Eagle Eye, This is an interview with Bobbie Jo DeHart & Peggy Sutphin about their lives in Bland County., US Army, Van Johnson, Vick Giley, Virginia Ruth Morehead, Washington Street, Wessendock Churck, West Virginia, Western Auto, Wolf Creek, Wolfaurt Haus, WWII

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, 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: 257, 4-H club, 9/11/99, Armor Dial, Backstreet, Bay of Pigs, Beer Garden, Ben Bird Jr., Ben Lee Bird, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bland High School, Bob Larson, Bristol, Buck Collins, Carl Stock, Carolyn Baine, CBS, Claude Stowers, Clyde Elliott, Dall Davis, Daniel Boone District, Depression, Dramatics Club, Dunn Motors, Eastern Kentucky, Eddie Hubb, Fayette Grayson, FFA, Florida, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Game Commission of Virginia, Germans, Glenwood Park, Gone With the Wind, Grover Hamilton, Guy Dunn, Halloween, Helen Harley, Hercules Potter Co., Hollybrook, Hop-Along Cassidy, Ike Pauley, Illinois, Inland Fisheries, J.T. Dunn, Jack Kennedy, Japan, Jim Munsey, Kidd Chevrolet, King College, Korean campaign, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lux Soap, Lux Theatre, Margie Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Nannie Burton Bird, Nanny Sawyer, North Carolina, Patrick Co., Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Poplar Hill, President Kennedy, Radford, Radford Arsenal, Ralph Reynolds, Richmond, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Marciano, Rosa Jones Bird, Rosa Mann, Ruth Kegley, Server King, Sid Caesar, Southwest Virginia, TN, Tom Dunn, Tommy Dunn, Victor Gilly, Virginia Brown, Virginia Grayson, Wagner Auditorium, Walker Creek, Warren Newberry, Wayne Thompson, Whitt Price, William Washington Bird, Wilwald Theatre, Woodrow Bird, Woodson Thompson, World War II

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: 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

Tags: 2/21/99, 242, Alaska, Arizona, Boise City, British, California, Camp Cook, Cape Drake Japan, Captain Brinkman, Chicago, Cleveland, Corporal Hartley, Everett Harless, Filipino, Fort Bellvore, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Knox, Fort Lawton, Fort Majuco, Fort Meade, General Ship Hissleman, George Harless, Greeks, Hokeito, Jeremy Harless, Jeremy R. Harless, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Luther May Harless, MacArthur, Maryland, New York Central Railroad, North Carolina, Northern Japan, Ohio, opium, Orville Harless, Paul Harless, Pee Wee Smith, President Truman, Pu’san Harbor, Richmond, San Francisco, Seattle, Sergeant Baber, Sergeant Wigga, Sergeant Wolky, South Carolina, South Gap, Tadco, Tagus, Thailanders, Tokyo, U.S.N.S. Marine Atered, Virginia, War, Washington, West Virginia

Tags: 10/13/98, 229, arithmatic, Basketball, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, bell, black board, Bland, Bland County, Bland High School, Blane Whirl, Bluefield, Boyscouts, certificate, Christmas, coal, college campus, Community, cooked meals, Dean, death, Depression, diplomas, Doctor Wagner, Dr. Alma Shuffelbarger, Dr. Charles Starks, Dr. Danny Neal, Easter break, education, eleventh, emergency training, entertainments, erasers, exams, excercise, field day, fire, first grade, games, ghost stories, grades, graduation exercises, Gralin Updite, Hady Stowers, Hanes Bruce, hay rides, Hazel Stowers, hikes, holidays, Holly Starks, homemade school bus, ice, iron stove, Jack Kaylor, James Morehead, jobs, kindergarden, Kittylee Morehead, knife, Lillias Kidd, Little Creek, lunches, May, medical doctor, meeting, money, movies, Mr. Gilly, mud, music, Neda Hudson, one room school, Osh Gosh, parents, parties, pay, picnics, plays, primary level, principal, programs, punishment, Radford University, rain, Ralph Kidd, reading, recess, Red Cross, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Ruth Groseclose, School, School Board, Schools, second grade, Senior play, seventh grade, sixth grade, skunk., snow, spelling bees, sports teams, spring, study, substitute teachers, Suiter, Superintendent, tag, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, teacher’s degree, teaching assignment, Thanksgiving, traveling play groups, truck, upper elementary, vall, Virginia, water, weather board, Wisconsin, wood, World War II, writing

Tags: 227, 3/28/98, 42, angels, apple wine, Army, Athens, Augusta, Baptist Church, barbershop, baskets, beans, blackberry wine, Bland, blood root, buckets, bunny, burning child, canning, Carla Ferguson, Carol’s, carpenter, CCC Camps, Charlie Roberts, Cherokee, chickens, children, chinquipins, chores, Christian, Christmas programs, Church, Conley’s, cook, cooking, corn wine, costumes, cot, courting, creek, Dandelion wine, dead people, Dismal Creek, Dry Fork, electricity, Evaline Charleton and Violea(Charleton)Ferguson, Family/People, farm, favorite food, ginseng, Gladys, Harriett Elizabeth Charleton, Hills, Hinton, Hoanaker House, Hoanaker’s, hogs, Hollybrook, horses, hospital, huckleberries, jazz, jelly, John and Bonnie Dodson, Johnny Williams, Joseph, Lane Ferguson, Lick Skillet, lighter knots, Log House, lumber, lye soap, Marvin, Marvin Carver, Mary, Methodist Church, mirrors, mountains, Mrs. Granny Woods, Mrs. Jones, Nate, No Business, Noah Charleton, Oliver William Charleton, Pal Saunders, pine knots, plane crash, ploughing, poke sallet, potatoe wine, powerline, pressure can, Priceton, quilting frames Mr. Robertson, radio, rhubard, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, sasafrass, Saunders, School, shepherds, slave, stores, strawberries, strawberry wine, T model four, tea berries, This is an interview with Nate Charleton and his 3 sisters in their home up Dry Fork., train, Tynes Chapel, Victrola, Wansley, water source, weather, Wilderness Road, wise men, Wolf Creek

Tags: 222, 4/29/98, Avon, Bilouiox, Bland Beta Club, Bland County School Board, Bland High School, Buchanan, Central Office, conventions, Courtney Simpkins, dances, Dr. John Harris, English, Florida, Fort McGruder, Fred Simpkins, George Washington Inn, Georgia, Harry Millirons, Holly Boone, James Sink, John Marshall Hotel, Kathy Mauldin, Marion Senior High School, Mississippi, Mr. Garland UpDyke, Mr. Ron Pauley, Mrs. Maryanne Davidson, Nashville, National Beta Convention, Norfolk, Opry Land Hotel, Orlando, Quiz Bowl, raising money, Ralphy Kidd, Ramada, Rex Morehead, Richmond, Roanoke, Robert Starks, Rocky Gap Beta History, Rocky Gap High School, Ruth Belcher Morehead, Sara Boone, School, Scrapbook, Scrapbook Award, Senior Beta Club, Shenandoah, South Carolina, Spartanburg, Sweepstake Trophy, Tennesee, This is a history of the Beta Club of Rocky Gap High School, Tim Havens, Tracy Walker, Valentine’s Day, Virginia, Virginia Beta Council, Williamsburg

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: 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: 149, 1921, 1929, 3/28/96, Albert, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Calvin Coolidge, CCC, Christmas, David, Democrats, Dorothy, Easter, Family/People, Franklin Roosevelt, Germans, Great Depression, Halloween, Hoover, J.P. Sayers, Jan, Japanese, John Wayne., Judy, Korean War, Lawrence, Lettie Leftwich Peak Sayers, Lone Ranger, Macy, Marie & Charlie Sayers, Mr. Woody, Nash Woody, New Deal, Pansy Sayers, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, Raymond Woody, Republicans, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Ron, Tabitha Roesch, Tazewell, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Lettie Sayers about her life in Bland County., Uncle Wash, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, West Virginia, WPA, WWI, WWII

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: 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: 0087, 5/16/95, 87, baptism, Brother Proffitt, Brother Terry, Charles Clark/ Judy Clark, Charleston, Charlie Conley, Charlottesville, Christmas plays, Churches, Daniel Clark, David Johnson, Dedication, Dismal Swamp, Don Johnson, Dr. McConnell, Dublin, E.T. Hall, Easter, God., Hollybrook School House, Holy Ghost, Little Creek Dublin, Mac Hamilton, Mechanicsburg, New River, New Year's Service, North Carolina, Northern Lights, Paul Deaton, Pearisburg, Pumpkin Center, Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Richmond, South Carolina, Southeastern Conference of the Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, This is a history of the Wilderness Lighthouse Church., Tommy Ramsey, VA, Wallace French, West Virginia, Wilderness Church, Wytheville

Tags: 0017, 17, 5/29/94, Army, Barbara Lee Thompson, Bastian, Betty Jean Thompson, Bland County, Bluefield, CCC Camp, Dunn Motors, Elizabeth Earnest Painter, Elizabeth Shufflebarger, Ethel Luena Thompson/Zareda Earnest, Ethel Thompson, General, Great Depression, Harry Thompson, Hazel May Thompson, Jamie Burch, John Owe Thompson, John Short, Judy Lynn Thompson, Linda Gale Earnest Bradshaw, Mary Lou Thompson, Myrtle Short, Nationwide Insurance, Richmond, Roosevelt., This is an interview with Ethel Luena Thompson and Zareda Earnest about the CCC Camp in Bastian., West Virginia, Zareda Shufflebarger