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Tags: 4/9/06, 497, AK 47s, Army, basic training, Bill Hodge, Biographical, Calvary, Dayon, draft, farm, Farming, Fort Brag, hospitals, Laos, military, New York, Plieku, Richard Millhouse, Rocky Gap, Saigon, Stormy & Joseph Collins, This is an interview with Bill Hodge about the Vietnam War., Vietnam, Vietnam War

Tags: 3/25/05, 494, Alamae Gregory, Andrew Ferguson, Andrew Stowers, Arla Mae Gregory, barber, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, Carrols Grocery Store, Charlie Taylors, Christmas, Clear Fork, Clearfork, Codge, Codge Carver, combat, dating, draft, Easter, epidemic, farm, fishing, Fort Jackson, Gap, garden, Germany, haircuts, hoopie-eyed, horse, horseback riding, John Gregory, Korean War, Life in Bland County, marbles, Martin Ebert Carver, medicine, military, Miss Hazel Stowers, Mr. Pucket, Neal Lambert, Polio, Raymond Stowers, remedies, Rocky Gap, Ruby Gregory, Rutitan, skinney dippins, South Carolina, storm, Sutphins, swimming, The Great Flu epidemic, the service, This is an interview with Codge Carver about his life in Bland County., War

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: 477, 5/29/05, Alvis, Amanda Sargent, Anthony, Anthony Rife, Ashley Rife, B.J. Davis, Biographical, Buckhannon County, checkers, chores, Christmas, Church, Compton Mountain, Daniel Stowers, Democrat, Eisenhower, electricity, farm, Farming, Fuzz, games, garden, Gerald Payne, Gilda Gay Kennedy, Granville Lundy Rife, Halloween, Hilda, home remedies, Joe Rife, John Crockett, John Glen, John Wayne, Johnson, Jolo, Josh Taylor, Juanita, Junior Keene, Kennedy, Knox Creek, Korean War, Lammon Atwell, Laura June Coleman, Life in Bland County, Louise Octavi Cooper Rife, Lucy, marbles, Marie, Marietta Islands, Marilyn, McDowell County, Merrill, Nixon, Oakie Rife, Orville Gay Hale, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie, School, Sheridan Rife, shooters, slingshot, South Pacific, The Great Depression, Thelma Sparks, This is an interview with Daniel Stowers about his life in Bland County., toys, Travis Rife, Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, wagon, Walter Rife, War, Watergate, White Mountain, Willard Rife, Winnie Elkins Rife, WWII

Tags: 424, 6/7/03, Audrey Cox, baseball, Biographical, Bird, Bland County, Bob Cox, Ceres, Ceres High School, chores, Christmas, Donnie Cox, farm, garden, Grand Ole Opry, guard, Halloween, Jay Cox, Jessica Cox, Juggler, Larry Cox, Life in Bland County, Mal Cox, Melvin Cox, Mr. Umbarger, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Umbarger, mustard sack, Omen Cox, Presbtyrian, Stony Gap, This is an interview with Melvin Cox about his life in Bland County., Virginia, Whitten Cox, Willie Cox

Tags: 1938, 397, 6/10/03, Agnes Saunders, B.B. Saunders, baseball, Basketball, Biographical, Bluefield, Brooklyn, Calloway, Campbell Cecil, Carlotta, CC Camps, Chappell, checkers, Chicago, chores, Christmas, Church, Church of Christ, coal mining, Connie T. Cecil, courting, cut grass, dancing, dating, Della Fergeson, Dewey, Dickie Sessoms, Eastern Parkway, Ed Sullivan, Eisenhower, Elanor Roosevelt, Eli Myhand, Erasmus High School, Erica, farm, fights, Floyd County, Football, Frank Parker, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, gris mill, Halloween, hockey, holidays, home remedies, housewife, Ida Cecil, Ida Saunders, Jackie Robinson, Jersey City, Jesica, Jewell Cecil, Johnson, Kennedy, Kim, Korean War, Kyle, Lee Powell Saunders, Lexington Avenue, Life in Bland County, Lonnie Price Saunders, Manhattan, Marc, May 24, Memorial Day, memories, mental institution, Monica, Moochie, Morstine, Morstine Colclough, movies, Ms.Lewis, New Deal, New Year’s, New York, Newark, Nixon, Octavia, Petersburg, Pitkin Avenue, Postal Service, pranks, President Truman, restaurant, rock battles, Rocky Gap, Sawmill, School, shows, snowball fight, snowstorm, Sports, Tazewell, telephone, television, This is an interview with Connie T. Cecil about his life in Bland County., toys, train set, Veteran, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Williamsburg, Willie Mays, WWII

Tags: 1936, 1940s, 1950s, 395, 5/27/02, advice, atomic bomb, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, businesses, carpentry, CCC, Charlie Taylor, chores, Christmas, Church, Cob Willis, cows, David Taylor, David Taylor/Matthew Shrader, Dean, electric washer, electricity, farm, FDR, fishing, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Germans, Germany, grandparents, hair cut, holiday, home remedies, housekeeper, James Jefferson Willis, Japan, Jean Sheffylbarger, jobs, JT Willis, Kevin, Laurel, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Life in Bland County, Lisa, lob cabin, Matthew Shrader, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Phillips, Ms. Simpkins, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Tickle, Ms. Walters, New Deal, November 22, Orgray, outhouse, Palmer Carroll, Palmor Carroll’s, party lines, Pearl Harbor, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, radio, radio shows, rationing, Ricky, Rocky Gap, Royal Mounty, Ruth Willis, School, school bus, school programs, Sherry, Slaughter, stonemason, store, technology, telephone, television, television shows, The Andy Griffith Show, This is an interview with Cob Willis about his life in Bland County., TV, vegetables, Vietnam War, washboard, Watergate, Wilma E Underwood, WPA, WWII

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: 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: 11/28/99, 298, Biographical, Bland Correction Center, cattle, Christiansburg, Clearfork, Crackers Neck, cucumbers, farm, fishing, Flowers, Hunting, Joyce Tickle, lettue, Life in Bland County, onion, Patrick Henry, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap, Secretary, Summer, taxes, This is an interview with Joyce Tickle about her life in Bland County., tomatoes, Valley, Virginia, Walkers Creek

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: 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: 12/16/98, 231, animals, Armond’s Branch, banks, books, Bruce Cook, candy, canned food, cattle, clothes, coalmines, corn, cornbread, cows, Doris Steele, Dryfork, dumplings., English, farm, Godfry’s store, Great Depression, Henry Bishop, hogs, horses, Iaegar, Lakie Rice, milk, mountain, mules, New Year’s Eve, potatoes, President Roosevelt, Snowbirds, state roads, Stephanie Rice, stores, The Great Depression, winter

Tags: “Trail of Lonesome Pine”, 10/17/98, 228, Aunt Ina, Aunt Ruby, Barry Bradshaw, Biography, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Bobby Sr., breakfast, Bud Elmor, bus, candy, Charles Havens, Christian life, Christmas, Church, clothes, coal stove, cook stove, cost, creek, Dal Davis, Danny Eugene Bradshaw, dating, David Williams, Depression, dolls, Dorris Bradshaw, Drop the handkerchief, Easter, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Ernest Blankenship, Family/People, farm, fishing, flood, Frank Bradshaw, Frank DeHart, Fred Bradshaw, garden, Grandpa Wright, Grocery store, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, hop scotch, ice skate, Jimmy Williams, John Harry Bird, Jr., Judy Elmor, Lone Ranger, Lord, Matt Bradshaw, Methodist Church, movies, Myterle Claire Wright, Paul Williams, Pearl Blankenship, presents, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Preston Williams, Reba Bradshaw, ring around the rosies, Rita Gail Bradshaw, Roger Hart, Ruth Kegley, Sarver’s Store, Sawmill, sleds, snowstorm, swimming, Teddy Bradshaw, Thanksgiving, tree, Uncle Vance, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virginia Brown, wash dishes, Watergate, West Virginia, Woody Bradshaw, Wordensville, Zane Harvey Williams

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: 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: 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: 12/19/96, 1928, 215, Alan Paine, Alice Johnson, Arch Rowe, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, chores, Christmas, Coal Mine, court, dates, Family/People, farm, games, garden, Gerald Pain, Germany, Halloween, holidays, house wife, Ivy Johnson, Korean War, Lana Alley, Lana Sue, Larry Paine, Laurel, Lexie Brammer, Marcella Paine, March 20, McDowell, McKinley Paine, movie, Mr. Pain, Nancy Margaret Payne, Nancy Payne, Nancy Rowe, Opal Coleman, Pain, Paine, Pauline Cantrell, Payne, Pearl Harbor, pranks, president, Robert Paine, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, School, sewing factory, snow, stories, Terry Paine, Three Stooges, toys, Tracy Browning, War, weather

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