Even though the following story has no accompanying photos, its richness of detail is too good not to share. Enjoy. Transcribed from the September 13, 1931 edition of The Bristol Herald-Courier, THE GREAT SOUTHWEST By Goodridge Wilson* Dante, on the edge of Russell close to Dickenson and close to Wise, is a little three-hollow mountain… Read More Historical sketches of Dante, Dickenson County, and Cleveland
© Jerry F. Couch SINCE THEIR CONSTRUCTION, many people have called the Town & Country Apartments “home.” Built in 1979 by local entrepreneur Fred Meade, the apartments were another example of our area’s prosperity during the “King Coal” era. Forty years later, they are still a good place to live. Consider this: Ninety years before… Read More The Town & Country Apartments
© Jerry F. Couch The following biographical sketch of Dr. James Noah Greear is excerpted from A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia by Charles A. Johnson. Dr. James Noah Greear was born on his father’s homestead near Coeburn, February 27, 1859, and was reared there. Possessed of a strong will power and determination, and… Read More Dr. James Noah Greear, Early Physician of Castlewood & St. Paul
TODAY, CHRISTMAS EVE 2019, SANTA CLAUS MADE HIS ANNUAL VISIT to St. Paul escorted by members of the St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department and St. Paul Police Department. Santa distributed Christmas gifts and spread Christmas cheer to children of all ages. Just look at all those happy faces! As you view these pictures take a… Read More Santa’s 2019 Christmas Eve Visit to St. Paul
© Jerry F. Couch THE METHODIST-EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH OF ST. PAUL had its humble beginning in the mid-1890’s when the original one-room church building was constructed on Wise Street. Materials and labor for the church were supplied by by local carpenter and sawyer, Ballard Fink. Pictured above, a meeting of the Independent Order of Odd… Read More A December Wedding in St. Paul…1911