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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: 11/15/97, 1949, 1953, 216, American GI, Bastian, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Chad Kidd, chores, Church, family, Family/People, Fort Knox, games, Italy, Kentucky, languages, Little Creek, Louisville, Maria Brunk, Maria Brunk coming to America, Maria Carmella Tombosco, married, Marvel Brunk, New York, Northern Italy, radio, School, ship, skiing, snow, Spur Branch, Statue of Liberty, studying, Transportation, Work, Yugoslavia

Tags: 12/18/96, 188, Bland County, Bluefield, Buckhorn Mountain, cattle, Cindy, Darel, Eddie, Farming, fruits, gardening., Korean War, livestock, Lorane Shrader, Patty O'Brien, poultry, Roundbottom Methodist, This is an interview with Verlin Shrader about the land and farming in Bland County., Tonya Shrader, United States, vegetables, Verlin Shrader, Work

Tags: 10/27/96, 186, Bland, Bluefield, crops, farm, Farming, fruits., grains, livestock, mountain land, poultry, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom Methodist Church, Steven Black, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about farming., Virgie Bailey, Work, Wytheville

Tags: " E.L. Greever, "Fighting Ninth District, 163, 7/20/94, Andrew Drew Starnes, Andy Chaplin, Andy Redman Chapin, Appalachian State, Arch Mcneil, Asa Rasnake, Ash County, Ashe County, Bastian, Battle of Britian, Bear creek, Big Stone Gap, Bland County, Bluefield WV, Boyd brothers, Burkes Garden, C.W. and E.R. Boyd of Tazewell, Celanese Corporation, Charles Pepper Gillespie, College of Boone, Coventry, Crab Orchard, D-Day, Dickenson county, Don Carson, Doran, English Channel, Fort Blackmoore, Fred Pennington, Garden Mountain, Gary WV, Gilbarco, Gilbert and Baker, Giles, Giles County, Gordon, Hartan county, Henry Pie Berry, Hunting Camp Creek, I. C. Boyd, I.C. Boyd of Putnam, Ike Looney, James Smith Elliott, Jim Belcher, John W. Gillespie, John W. Glanagan of Clintwood, Johnson Bruce, Jr., Kentucky, Keyes Planting mIll, Kimberling, Lakes -to Florida Highway, law office of Barnes and W.T. Gillespie, Lincoln Furniture, Liverpool, Lloyd Quillen Family, London, luftwaffe, Mccorkel, mosquito bombers, Narrows, New River, Norfolk, O.E. Elliott, Poor Valley, Putnam, Ritter Babcock, Robert James Bob Elliott, Royal Air Force, Rufus Reed, Russell County, Scott County, Smyth County, Sooter, South Clinchfield, Springfield Mass., Standard Oil, Swenson Smithy Dierksen, Tadzewell, Tazewell County, This is a paper on the Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company., Tom Starnes, Tom Starnes., US steel, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, W.M. Ritter, Western Railroad, Weyerhaeuser, White Oak, William D. Ord of Alexandria, William Obediah Tracey, Willie Shavenhorse Warfe, WM Ritter lumber co., Wolf Creek Valley, Work

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

Tags: 123, 4/22/97, Abingdon, Bastain, Bill Francisco, Bland, Bland County, Bobby Thompson, Brushfork, Buell Thompson, Calvin Francisco, Carl Thompson, Charles Thompson, Farming, Gene Autry, Glen Thompson, Hal Thompson, Hardwood Lumber Company, Hester Francisco, Japanese, Jennifer Belcher, Jimmy Thompson, Korean War, livestock, Malcom Thompson, Mary Francisco, Mr. Akers, Pearl Harbor, planting, poultry, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, Rita Thompson, Rocky Gap, South Pacific, stock market, Sunday School, This is an interview with Glen Thompson about his life and farming., Una Burke, vegetables, Vietnam War, Virginia, Virginia Bailey, Watergate., West Virginia, Work, World War I, World War II

Tags: 0093, 5/16/95, 93, Anawalt, Bastian Hardwood Company, Bishop, Bland County, C & A Logging Company, chainsaws, Charlie Taylor, Coal Mines, Cran Creek, Cross Saw, Dry Fork, Fred Bradshaw, Glen Hare, H. Stafford, Jenkin Jones, Joe Lambert, Logging, logging business., logging salary, Matland, oak trees, pine trees, props, This is an interview with Fred Bradshaw about logging. It includes a summary about logging and a description of logging techniques., Work

Tags: 0084, 04-21-97, 84, China, Early farm life, Golden Bantam corn, Laurel Baptist Church., livestock, Matthew Akers, planting, Poland, poultry, This is an interview with Wylie Akers about his early farm life, vegetables, Work, Wylie Akers

Tags: 0051, 2/13/97, 51, Bluefield, Brooksie Umbarger, Ceres, Christmas, crops, Farming, Farming on the Sharon Springs and Umbarger Farms, Kathy Starks, livestock, saw mills., Sharon Springs College, Sharon Springs Farm, Smyth County, Suiter, This is an interview with Brooksie Umbarger about farming on the Sharon Springs and the Umbarger Farm in Suiter., tobacco, Work, Wytheville

Tags: 0044, 4/6/93, 44, Burkes Garden, David Kline, Family Life, Habakkuk., History of Amish Farming, Isaiah, Jennifer Brown, Lydia Snappe, Maryland, Pictures: Jakob Amman, Snappe Family, This is a report about Amish farming based on many sources including an interview with Lydia Snappe., Work

Tags: 0016, 16, 2/24/97, A.D. Burton, Bluefield., Christiansburg, crops, Dublin, Farming, livestock, Narrows, No Business, Plymouth Rock chickens, poultry, Rex Morehead, Rhode Island Red chickens, Steven Black, Tazewell, This is an interview with A.D. Burton about farming., Wessondock church, Work, Wytheville

Tags: 10/13/96, 11, Allen Burton, Bland County, Bluefield, Dismal, Eggleston, Eisenhower, Ethel DeHart Burton, Giles County, Gondola Railroad, Goseman operation, Hash Burton, Hollybrook, India, J.G. Gustler, Jeff Burton, Junior Havens, Lee Burton, Lynchburg, manganese mines, Manganese Mines in Hollybrook, Mary Ann French, Newport, No Business, North Crandon, Red Hill., Sarah French, This is an interview with Jeff Burton about the Manganese Mines in Hollybrook., Virginia, West Virginia, Winslow B. Van DeVanter, Winslow B. Van DeVanter Mill, Work