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"Bailey Family Helped Shape Coalfield History," Bluefield Daily
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"Bramwell Name to National Historic Register," Bluefield Daily
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"Bramwell Aristocrat Centennial Edition," Summer 1998.
"Bramwell To Celebrate 105th Mill Creek Mine Anniversary," Welch
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"Bramwell Tour Reflects Town's History," Bluefield Daily
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"Bramwell, A Real Good Example of Local Effort," Bluefield Daily
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"Coopers a 19th Century Suburb," Charleston Gazette,
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"Death Penalty, Attorney Helped Abolish Executions," Bluefield
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"Early History of Mercer County Told," Princeton Times,
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"Early History of Abingdon," Princeton Times,
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"Early Customs of Mercer County," Princeton Times,
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"Elizabeth Branch, One Room School, Pictured," Princeton
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"English Writer Depicts Mercer Camp Meeting of 100 Years Ago,"
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"Era Ends With Closing of Last Poca Fuel Stores," Bluefield
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"Family Part of History," Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
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"Famous Mercer County Families," Princeton Times,
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"Farley to Bring History of Dunns Community," Princeton
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"Federal Hearing to Focus on New Historical Park," Guyandotte
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"First Settler Built Log Home, Mill," Bluefield Daily
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"Fixing up History, Bramwell," Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
4-8-1990.
"Former Workers Remember Town's Hy-Phen Corp," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 5-15- 1989.
"Gardner: County's Forgotten City," Princeton Times,
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"Godfrey the Ghost Town," Princeton Times, 8-31-1967.
"Goodwill House," Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 5-9-1996.
"Goodykoontz Collection To Be Given to Concord," Charleston
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"Historic Business Holds Fast in Athens," Bluefield Daily
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"History to Play Important Role in Future," Bluefield Daily
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"In 1850 578 Residents Could Read," Princeton Times,
7-28-1966.
"Jordan Nelson's Coal Bank Story," Clinch Valley News,
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"Keesling Gardens in Mercer County Attract Many Tourist,"
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"Lake Shawnee," Beckley Post Herald, 8-27-1979.
"Largest Rhododendron Garden... Bramwell," Bluefield Daily
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"Last Year's Mr. King Coal Preached and Still Worked in Coal Mine,"
n.p. n.d.
"Lerona," Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 7-9-1989.
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"Local Site Featured on Christmas Ornaments," Bluefield Daily
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"Lynch's Menswear to Close After 89 Years," Bluefield Daily
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"Many Curiosity Brings Many Out to Tour," Bluefield Daily
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"Memorial Decoration, Old Hospital Christmas...," Bluefield
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"Mercer Has Been Part of Nine Counties," Princeton Times,
7-28-1966.
"Mercer Co. Town Finds Fame, Fortune in CT," Charleston
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"Mercer County History: A Chronology," Bluefield Daily
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"Mercer Formed From Giles, Tazewell Counties in 1837," Princeton
Times, 7-31-1963.
"Mercer County's Share of the Roaring 20's in Courthouse Vault,"
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, n.d.
"Mercer County the First 150 Years," Bluefield Daily
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"Mercer County History An Important Book," Bluefield Daily
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"Metal Detecting Discovery Earns Magazine's Kudos," Bluefield
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"Mineral Water Spa's Brief History Offers Insight...," Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 3-3-1992.
"N&W YMCA Only A Memory for H.V. Ashley," Bluefield Daily
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"National Park Status Sought For Bramwell," Charleston
Gazette, 1-31-1991.
"Oakvale Residents Tend to Business Community Pride," Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 6-18- 1989.
"Official County Seal Is Adopted," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 7-29-1975.
"Old Pocahontas Bank to Close," Bramwell Aristocrat, January
1994.
"Papers Listed Excursions," Princeton Times,
7-28-1966.
"Paradox Eureka Hollow Filled Rich Resources...Poverty,"
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 1-4- 1987.
"Parkway Rich in Indian History Now Hidden," Princeton
Times, 3-3-1989.
"Paying a Visit to Millionaire City," Charleston Gazette,
6-5-1991.
"Political Explosion Turns County to WV," Princeton Times,
8-28-1963.
"Post Office One of County's Oldest," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 2-12-1989.
"Pot o' Gold Still Buried Near Princeton," Beckley Post
Herald, 1-28-1967.
"Powder Plant," Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 4-29-1990.
"Renovation Under Way at Ada Purification Plant," Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 6-13-1984.
"Rocket Man Bill Greever," Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
1-11-1998.
"Rockwell International Employees Reunion," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 10-21-1995.
"Secession Movement Making Itself Heard Rest of State,"
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 5-8- 1984.
"Shumate: Celebrating 50 Years," Princeton Times,
4-12-1990.
"Something Special About Bramwell," Beckley Post Herald,
4-26-1982.
"Spanishburg Settlers," Princeton Times, 10-2-1975.
"Spanishburg, a Real Quiet Place to Live," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 2-12-1989.
"Speed Limit Set at 12 MPH in 1915," Princeton Times,
7-29-1965.
"State Spinning Wheel Contender for Mercer Being Sought,"
Charleston Daily Mail, 8-8- 1937.
"Stuart McGehee Archivist Looks Into History of Co." Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 7-13- 1986.
"Surviving Spinning Wheel Operators of the Nation," n.p. n.d.
"Take a Walk Through Bramwell's History," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 4-25-1996.
"Ten Thousand Rhododendrons, Keesling Garden," n.p. n.d.
"The Goodwill House," Welch Daily News, 6-6-1991.
"The War in Mercer County in 1862," Interstate Advertiser,
3-4-1899.
"The Early Days, Scrip, Name Fame," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 9-13-1987.
"The Legend of Rabbit Martin," Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
1-22-1995.
"The Many Faces William Thurman Rabbit Martin Jr.," Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 1-22- 1995.
"Throng Takes Last Train Trip," Roanoke Times,
4-5-1959.
"Tourist Train Proposed for Bramwell-Pocahontas," Bluefield
Daily Telegraph, 6-1-1990.
"Town Honors First Coal Mine Owner," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 11-5-1989.
"Tree-Mendous, Robert C. Byrd Center...," Register Herald,
2-9-1997.
"Tribute to a Tragedy," Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
10-30-1977.
"Virginia is For Virginians," Charleston Daily Mail,
5-22-1984.
"Virginian Brick, Tile is One of Mercer's First Industries,"
Princeton Times, 7-29-1965.
"W. H. Compton A Lover of People," n.p. n.d.
"Wanted Gen. Mercer Back in the Courthouse," Bluefield Daily
Telegraph, 5-10-1984.
"What a Landing," Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 7-6-1995.
"Wylie Cabin," Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 7-25-1996.
"Young Authors," Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
2-19-1998.