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tom's creek property of VA Iron Coal and Coke c. 1920s-30s

The name of George L. Carter became famous in all Virginia

A faction developed unfriendly to Mr. Carter, and in 1901, by snap methods, the company was thrown by Moore and Schley into receivers’ hands.

Interior of Lincoln Theatre showing murals

November 12, 2017 Painters / Theatres / Virginia

Muralist Lola Poston and the Lincoln Theatre

The highlight of Lola Poston’s career was surely the six 15×20 ft. murals she created for the auditorium of the newly built Lincoln Theatre.

November 2, 2017 Appalachian crime / Virginia

Ed Nelson Given Heavy Sentence

Two full days were consumed in Judge Buchanan’s Circuit Court this week in the trial of Ed Nelson for the murder of John Stinson, on Laurel Creek on June 30th.

October 20, 2017 Kidnapping / Virginia

He was laboring to prevent the sudden discovery that he was the lost child

Brother Stillman came out of the hands of his captors one of the most conscientious beings, not excepting my own Mother, that I have ever known.

opening the gates at Claytor Lake dam in 1940

September 29, 2017 Dam building / Parks / Place names / Virginia

Claytor Lake: what’s in a name?

It probably should’ve been named William Christian Lake, considering the herculean efforts of Pulaski County, VA to preserve his legacy.

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