Tag: Dickenson County
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My Historical Great-Uncle Corbett
So, I’m talking to my mother on the phone recently, and she asks, “Did you see the mini-series on the History Channel about the Hatfields and McCoys?” To which I said yes, I did. “Did you know that back in the 70s, your Great-Uncle Corbett actually spoke to some people who either lived during the…
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Mountain Scribes
Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia, a web site created and compiled by Vickie Sturgill Stevens, contains more than 70 historical essays by 40 different writers. As an introduction, I recommend the entry called Mountain Scribes by Bonnie S. Ball. The site is of special interest to me for several reasons. When my mother was born…