Total: 195 guests Name: Sharon ( Fletcher) Conaway Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Avon , Ohio Time: 1999-05-03 15:48:18 Comments: I was born in Norton and my family moved to Ohio in 1955. My mother, Edith Fletcher (Cozee Lady) lives in Bigstone. My grandparents were Dora and Jeff Pennington, And Emmitt and Pearl Fletcher. Name: Don & Betty Lou Hill Baker Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Tucson, AZ. Time: 1999-05-02 17:57:20 Comments: Both of us were born in BSG. Betty was raised there while I was raised (for the most part) in Pennington Gap. We were married in BSG at the old First Baptist Church on July 4th,1954. Hello from Tucson, AZ. Name: Carl & Marcella George Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Dayton, OHIO Time: 1999-04-28 13:05:50 Comments: Marcella is from Big Stone Gap and Carl is from East Stone Gap. We have traveled abroad , and there is no place no more beautiful than BSG. Name: Robert Wells Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: St. Louis, MO. Time: 1999-04-28 11:23:52 Comments: Planning to visit the area in June. Could you recommend a good place to stay? Regards, BW Name: Richard Dan Hill Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Chester, Va.(near Richmond) Time: 1999-04-28 10:04:06 Comments: I was raised in BSG. Graduated from PVHS in 1963. Served as Army Officer from 1967 to 1991, retired, now working as Manager, Worldwide Military Sales for AMF Bowling Products, Inc. Had a slow day and decided to look up the web site. I am totally impressed and with the alumni directory for PVHS, found a couple of classmates. I really appreciate that. Good luck and thanks for your outstanding work on the site. Name: Dale Marie (George)Kasten Website: KastenRacing Referred by: From a Friend From: Sioux Falls, SD Time: 1999-04-27 10:31:36 Comments: Great website! I was born in Applachia in '48,lived in BSG for 4 yrs. Grew up in Dayton, Ohio. My parents are Carl and Marcella George.There is not a place in the world more beautiful than the Powel Valley! I just recently was in BSG for my late grandmother's funeral, Mary Livingston. She was a great lady, loved by all. I will be back in BSG in May for the wedding of my cousin, Mandy Livingston. Daughter of Johnny and MaryAlice Livingston. Can't wait to see those beautiful mountains again. Name: Jean George Fraley Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Knoxville, Tennesse Time: 1999-04-26 23:01:40 Comments: Left the Big Stone Gap/East Stone Gap area in 1954. I was in East Stone Gap High School from first grade (teacher Mrs. Perrow)through eleventh grade. The two teachers that were role models for me were L. E. Williams and Grace Rose. All my teachers were very important but those two have really meant a lot to me throughout my working career and even now in retirement. When I left East Stone Gap, I married W.C. Fraley, also from East Stone Gap. We moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and I finished my education at Oak Ridge High School. We have been in the Knoxville area ever since where we have raised three children and now have five grandchildren. Name: Lynn Ivery Gantt Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Marietta, GA Time: 1999-04-25 22:46:52 Comments: Enjoyed the photos and history - especially of Powell Valley and of Mayor Bill Hendrick & Bill Bradshaw! I saved one of the pix of Powell Valley as wallpaper so I can see BSG whenever I use the computer!!!!! Name: Robert Falin Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: BSG Time: 1999-04-25 15:55:36 Comments: Born and raised in Big Stone now raising family in Big Stone and i work for the town Name: Barbara Ivery Jones Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Abingdon, MD Time: 1999-04-24 15:23:23 Comments: This was great. It made me feel like I was back at home. I haven't lived there since 1974, but I still come to visit my mother whenever possible. Name: Grady T. Woods Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1999-04-24 00:35:43 Comments: Borned and raised in BSG. I now work for the town as a detective in the criminal investigation division of the town's police department. I live in the Cracker's Neck section of Big Stone Gap. Best place in the world to live. Name: Barbara DeLorme Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Jamestown, Ohio Time: 1999-04-23 01:27:49 Comments: I am looking for a friend who moved to Big Stone Gap last November. Betty Gambril and her husband Bill were starting a Garbage Service for Big Stone Gap. We haven't heard from them since they left last November, 1998. If you know them or where we might locate them,please e-mail me. Name: Wilma Young Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Jonesville, VA Time: 1999-04-19 11:17:49 Comments: Your Web page is very interesting. I find it very helpful in not only finding information on your area, but in the surrounding areas as well. Thank You, Wilma Young Name: WILLIAM G. CHAPMAN Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1999-04-17 01:13:42 Comments: Big Stone? Wow, I'm impressed! Name: Robert S. Mahler Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Macomb, Michigan Time: 1999-04-15 00:22:24 Comments: I just wanted to say hello. My relatives are from the Appalachia and Big Stone Gap area. My grandparents were Truman and Ester Thompson and my mother's name was Anita Thompson. Some aunts and uncles are Bob Thompson, Don Thompson, Joyce Davenport, Thelma Hawkins, Shirley Mullins, and Charma Mullins. As a young man I used to work on the VPO staff for Harry Meadors with Westmoreland Coal Company. Today I am a Director of Quality Assurance & Engineering for a fortune 500 company. I spent many summers in your area as a child and have very fond memories. You have one of the most beautiful areas of any that I have seen in the US or other countries! Name: Matthew Grubb Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Clovis, New Mexico Time: 1999-04-14 19:50:26 Comments: Just thought I would check out your site! Name: Kayla Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Georgia Time: 1999-04-13 04:00:19 Comments: I would like to visit if I'm ever in that neck of the woods. Name: jenny Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Michigan Time: 1999-04-11 18:43:15 Comments: was just surfing and found ya at yahoo I am doing genealogy on my family which is meyers/ myers Palmer Polley Fleenor Name: Chris Barnette Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Hinesville Ga Time: 1999-04-09 19:21:56 Comments: I'm looking for some of my classmates from PVHS class of 84 I joined the army after graduation and would like to know how everyone else is doing. I'm also looking for a good friend of mine, Steve Napier I think he might of joined the Navy. Yall take care and no matter where the Army sends me I always remember the good times I had living in Big Stone Name: CHET PALMER Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: ORLANDO, FL Time: 1999-04-07 10:24:27 Comments: RAISED IN BSG......THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH TO BE FROM....THE GREATEST PEOPLE YOU WILL FIND ANYWHERE.... Name: Larry C. Ely Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: From: BSG Now: Richmond, Va. Time: 1999-04-05 21:31:49 Comments: Like to hear from any old friends from "The Gap". Name: Cathy Roberts Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Yorktown, VA Time: 1999-04-03 15:31:54 Comments: I enjoyed re-visiting BSG via your site. I especially like the photo albums. Name: Kevin T. Blanton Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Jonesborough,TN&Big Stone Gap Time: 1999-04-02 21:33:14 Comments: I was born and raised in B.S.G My family still lives there. I played on the first state champion football team in 1982. It is nice to have a way of keeping touch of the going ons in Big Stone. Name: Heather Walls Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Time: 1999-04-01 23:16:56 Comments: David Leach where are you? Last I heard you were an officer in the Army, just out of flight school. Maybe you went to Germany? If anyone knows anything about where I can find David, please let me know. Heather Name: Doug Church Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Big Stone Gap VA Time: 1999-04-01 23:11:48 Comments: Howdy Big Stone Gap. If anyone remembers me or BSGHS or Powell Valley High. E-mail my daughter at the address listed above she will get ahold of me. Looking forward to hearing from you. Name: teresa keller (hood) Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: blackstone, va. Time: 1999-04-01 22:27:24 Comments: I lived in BSG when I was a teenager. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. I now live in Blackstone and am a social worker. Married, with 2 sons and twin grandaughters. Name: ROBERT L. GARRISON Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: BSG, Va. now Gallatin, Tn. Time: 1999-03-30 20:20:59 Comments: Hello home town, hope all's fine. I love ya & miss all of my old friends. Bob Garrison Name: Jackie Bottorff Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Norfolk, VA Time: 1999-03-30 18:42:44 Comments: I love Big Stone. I used to spend part of my summers there while I was growing up. My grandparents still live there. Name: James D. Turner Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Austin, Texas Time: 1999-03-30 12:43:20 Comments: Collector of John Fox, Jr. books. Name: William Wills Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Lancaster Ohio Time: 1999-03-28 19:58:44 Comments: Hello, just wanted to say nice home page u have here, would love to see your town, could u show some pictures of your area? Name: John William (Bill) Green Website: Green Door Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Gillette, Wyoming Time: 1999-03-25 23:51:05 Comments: I went to School in BSG 1957-58. I have been looking for other students who graduated in 1958, or who actually remembers me. (I was the one from Colorado) My wife has family from the area, in Lee county. James Skeen is her cousin. This has been a very informative web site for me. Lets have some more "old friends" sign on. I found my first "old friend" at a site called Classmates.com I have seen a few here also. Name: cathy moore Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: kenbridge, va Time: 1999-03-25 23:41:36 Comments: Your web site has helped us make a school project that counts a good portion of the child's grade. We learned a great deal and enjoyed it. Thanks. Name: DON WILLINGHAM Website: Referred by: Net Search From: CLEVELAND, OH Time: 1999-03-23 15:10:57 Comments: I WAS BORN IN ANDOVER IN 1934, MOVED TO CLEVELAND IN 1955 AFTER MILITARY SERVICE. ATTEND ANDOVER REUNION EVERY LABOR DAY WEEKEND. Name: Tonia McCoo-Franks Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Wilmington, NC Time: 1999-03-21 10:22:55 Comments: I was raised in Big Stone Gap. Name: MARTIN DON WILLINGHAM Website: NONE Referred by: Yahoo! From: CLEVALAND OHIO Time: 1999-03-20 21:37:32 Comments: i will see you all at the town renunion in andover. Name: Ruth Lawson Elks Website: n/a Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap,Va Time: 1999-03-20 20:36:22 Comments: Would like to know if Harold Rivers or JH Rivers has an e-mail address. Thank you. Would like to contact them. Harold Elks e-mail address helkssr@aol.com Name: Barbara Mumpower Young Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Madison, Virginia Time: 1999-03-19 17:45:28 Comments: Big Stone Gap will always be home. Visit as often as I can. Parents Spec and Alvonia Mumpower still in BSG. Great page. Enjoyed the surf. Name: Anita Wade Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Big Stone Gap, VA Time: 1999-03-19 11:45:35 Comments: This is a great website. This town has really come a long way and I am so proud of US!!! The new decorative lighting looks BEAUTIFUL!! Looks like our projects are really taking shape. We can be proud of the dedication of the council, committees and citizens of our town. Name: Terence Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Tooele, UT Time: 1999-03-19 02:51:22 Comments: Son of Gerald "Chubby" Taylor Nephew of Bobby Taylor Nephew of "Rod" Taylor Name: bill messer Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: bsg Time: 1999-03-18 22:57:40 Comments: born in bsg 1939 once lived in june toliver house in the mid fifties delivered grocerys for the daughtery grocery store bob and ed i believe only living relatives there gilbert and nettie jones a few cousins last names boltz before marriage no contact with them in a long long time, my fondest memory of bsg was when ww2 ended and the celebration of happy folks in town i attended the old elmentary school and ms horton was my 3rd grade teacher floated the powell river in an old car top and picked up coal off the river banks do they still hve paw paw trees growing there in italy bottom nice web page keep up th good work Name: Sandra Herron Terry Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: West Virginia Time: 1999-03-18 11:48:19 Comments: have been to BSG many times..My grandfather's family are from BSG...We are still looking for any info on my GGrandfather Thurmon Mack Herron and his wife Paralee Lawson Herron..Would appreciate any info any one has to offer. Name: Carol Knight Groce Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Washington, DC Time: 1999-03-14 18:37:13 Comments: Great Web Page ... So nice to keep up with the events in the Gap. 8-) Name: Ralph Elkins Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Kodak, Tn. Time: 1999-03-14 10:19:27 Comments: I am from the Gap. It's good to find this site to keep up with the old home town. Name: Betty Moore Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Reedley, CA Time: 1999-03-12 15:45:28 Comments: Someone at Powell Valley High referred me to your site. It's terrific! I'm trying to track down my ancestors who lived in Lee County probably from about 1790 to 1840. My gggg-grand mother may have been Elizabeth Burgin, possibly related to a James Burgin who settled in Powell Valley. I'd love to make contact with some of the Burgin's who still live in the area; we may be cousins! I'd love to come visit for a couple of weeks and pursue the hunt; where would be a great place to stay? Thanks for any information, Betty Moore Name: The Singing Burkes Website: The Burkes Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Neon, Kentucky Time: 1999-03-10 13:32:31 Comments: God Bless you, and we really enjoyed your site!! Name: SHANNON PARROTT Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: BIG STONE GAP,VA Time: 1999-03-09 19:50:02 Comments: THIS A GOOD TOWN Name: Jane Sellwood (nee) Bolling Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Reading, England Time: 1999-03-09 18:39:17 Comments: I recently visited my aunt Georgene and Vicki,uncle Glen and cousin Becky in BSG. They made me very welcome as always. A big thank you to them. My family are Bolling and Shortt from the Pound - deep in the mountains. Hello to all. Name: Alyson Wallace Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Durham, United kingdom Time: 1999-03-09 13:01:14 Comments: An enjoyable trek through Big Stone Gap, thankyou. Was given the link from a friend living here and decided to have a look. I am planning to move to the States someday soon and find web sites like these useful and enjoyable and help me pin point where I would like to settle. Name: Claude E. Wells Website: Wells Family History Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Baltimore, MD Time: 1999-03-09 00:31:40 Comments: My family roots are based in Wise County. I have been trying to find data on my ancestors. I am descendant from Zachariah Wells and Abigail Osborne. Through his descendants Jeremiah Wells to Winfield Scott Wells to Emerson Wells m. to Sarah Robinett. Have been searching all available data to find history of this family. Name: Donald T. Northrup Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Dayton, OH Time: 1999-03-04 10:50:06 Comments: My Grandmother is from BSG originally and I just had to stop by and say hey. Name: Rev. Steven C. Edmonds Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Blytheville, Arkansas Time: 1999-03-01 17:34:29 Comments: I lived in BSG from Aug. 1970 to Sept. 1988. I started kindergarten at BSG Elem in 1970 and graduated from Powell Valley H.S. in 1983. I still call BSG my home. Name: J.M. and Judi (Johnson) Wolfe Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Appalachia and Big Stone---now Troutman, NC Time: 1999-02-25 22:11:08 Comments: Appalachia High School Class of '65 and Powell Valley High School Class of '68. Go Bulldogs! Go Vikings! There's no place like home! Name: Randle E. Brim Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: 1282 Cliffwood Dr., Asheboro, N.C. 27203 Time: 1999-02-25 20:55:07 Comments: Doing historical research on one of your residents who lived in the Appalachia-Big Stone Gap area from about 1920 to about 1930 - "D.D. Parks". He may have had a car dealership from about 1923 to about 1926. I am trying to find out more about this individual who was probably involved in other business activities in your area prior to 1923. He is buried at the American Legion Cemetery near Big Stone Gap. I am deseperately trying to locate living descendants or someone who might know where any of his people are currently living. He is an important character in a historical project in Mount Airy, N.C. (Surry County) from which he came. Name: Phyllis Davis Mullins Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Windfall, Indiana Time: 1999-02-25 14:10:23 Comments: Graduated from PVHS in 1967. My mother still lives in BSG. Name: Dan Brown Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Palm Beach Time: 1999-02-25 14:00:23 Comments: Program manager for troubled youth looking to relocate family to a more desirable rural location.Searching for employment, education and property opportunities. If you know anything send me a line. Thankyou Name: Walter R. Gardner Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Hiltons, Va Time: 1999-02-21 10:42:40 Comments: Very professional. Name: Mike Kennedy Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Wolf Point Montana Time: 1999-02-16 17:12:05 Comments: Very nice page, I'm impressed. Planning a trip to see you all. I expect to have a really good time, everyone I've spoke with there are extremely nice people. Thanks Mike Name: Christine Barrack Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Bloomington IL Time: 1999-02-16 14:58:04 Comments: Love your site and wish others would do the same. We are planning a large family vacation and the information at your site is great! Name: MICHAEL LITTERAL Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: TEXAS Time: 1999-02-14 14:07:52 Comments: I was looking up some family names...My great grandmother was a Tolliver of the same Tollivers.. Name: Howard and Rose Kelly Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Ahoskie, NC Time: 1999-02-13 13:23:39 Comments: Greetings to BSG and all of the mountain regions of SWVA Name: Robert Clowser Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: WV Time: 1999-02-13 10:44:35 Comments: Thanks great page Name: Robert Clowser Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: WV Time: 1999-02-12 19:19:11 Comments: My Family is from Clowser Gap Va, im Looking for it's loction.and any storys i can find Thank you, Robert Clowser Name: Lisa Maness English Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: BSG Time: 1999-02-12 08:04:45 Comments: I'd love to hear from any of Powell Valley's class of 86! Name: Bill Hume @ Interactive Design, Inc. Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Roanoke, VA Time: 1999-02-10 22:23:09 Comments: Nice site, I will be in Big Stone Gap on Thursday meeting with the Dept. of Mining and Minerals. I was just investigating the surrounding area. We have just completed a Virtual Reality Tour of Southwest VA Community College and will be completing some photography of some of the local mines. Name: Bob Marrs Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: BSG originally, now Pittsburgh, PA Time: 1999-02-08 22:04:14 Comments: Nice to see how easy it is to get hometown news. Keep up the good work. Name: Peter Wyn-Jones Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Durham, United Kingdom Time: 1999-02-07 17:13:32 Comments: What a good website - and you really know how to publicise yourselves. PVHS looks a cracker of a place and all those students who contributed to the web page should give themselves a pat on the back - well done. How about photos of the Staff, just like the Primary School? Come visit our Durham sometime; if you can't get across the Pond just now, here's a virtual tour: www.dur.ac.uk/Law/c_tour/tour.html See you sometime! Name: Shirley Miller Wells Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1999-02-06 08:59:02 Comments: I love the BSG site. You have done an excellent job on your website. I grew up in Big Stone Gap; attended BSG high school and was a member of the first graduating class of Powell Valley High School. My husband and I live in Duffield; he's retired but I still teach at Mountain Empire Community College. Our son lives and works in Roanoke. We both love this area and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Good folks live here! I would love to hear from any old schoolmates or friends from the past. Also, any former students I have had at MECC. Name: Deborah Slemp Duke Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Eugene, Oregon Time: 1999-02-05 14:57:45 Comments: I'm surfing to find out more about my Slemp family background. Name: Everett Sadler Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: BSG Time: 1999-02-03 20:56:32 Comments: A very enjoyable, well organized site.... Proud to live in BSG Name: Bobbie[Tommie][Belton]Harbour Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Born in BSG-Now in Michigan Time: 1999-02-02 20:54:20 Comments: It's nice to see a web site from my hometown.I left Big Stone in 1962. I was 17. Nancy Belton is the only family left there, I think. I don't visit as often as I would like. I'm going to visit this site often, now that I have found it. Name: Benita (Reece) Crafton Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Born- Norton,Va. & lived in Big Stone Gap until age 13 -Currently- Lapeer, Mi. Time: 1999-02-01 12:56:13 Comments: I have some very fond memories of Big Stone Gap, and the years that I lived there. I still have two sisters, Lynda Bledsoe and Tonyia Smith who live there. I usually visit with them every other year. I do love to come back to the area. It is truly beautiful country! Name: Kermit Keith Knight, II Website: Referred by: AOL From: Appalachia, Virginia Time: 1999-01-30 21:14:42 Comments: Living in Akron, Ohio and nice to see things from down home. My uncle and aunt live in Appalachia. Harry Knight. Hello down there.... Name: paul c. mariskanish, md Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: waurika, ok Time: 1999-01-26 22:11:16 Comments: I'm a family physician interested in relocating to Big Stone Gap. Would like real estate info. Nice site. thanks, Paul Name: Richard C. Flora Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Roanoke Time: 1999-01-24 22:08:22 Comments: What great memories I have of living in B.S.G. Of course they are a little hazy after all these years, thirty-two to be exact. But even after all that time, there are some great memories. My regards to George Polly. I hesitate to offer regards to anyone else, for fear they may not still be with you. Perhaps I will again be able to visit the community that launched my career. My best to all of you! Name: Nila Phillips Bolling Website: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5084 Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Wise,Virginia Time: 1999-01-24 14:27:24 Comments: Nice Page . I wish you all could put all the past Chiefs on your Web Page.My father was Allen Phillips, he was chief for Big Stone Gap for over 25 years.I also want to say "HI" to WC Darnell I worked with him when he was a School Bus Driver for Wise County. "WC I am still driving 23 yrs" Well you said sign your guestbook.I did . Take care and stay safe. Nila Bolling Wise,Va. Name: Donna Miller Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Wise county Time: 1999-01-22 16:37:46 Comments: Nice website Mr. Hendricks. Come and see us at the library. DM Name: Melvin McWilliams Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Lansing, MI Time: 1999-01-21 18:01:28 Comments: Congratulations on this delightful web page. As a former resident and student at James A. Bland (thru the 8th grade-1964), I am pleased to see that Big Stone has embraced the technological revolution. I urge you share its benefits with all of your citizens. Melvin McWilliams Name: Sharon L Joshlyn Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: I was born in Norton Va Time: 1999-01-21 13:45:20 Comments: I am looking for any Infomation on my family history. My mother was a Booher, her mother's father was a Weatherly. My father was a Jones, All from that area. Can you point me to any lagal Records that might help? Thank you very much Sharon Joshlyn Name: Rudy Taylor Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Waterford, MI via Yuma, VA Time: 1999-01-20 14:01:53 Comments: I heard that there are some other Taylor in the area who mightbe related to Elisha M.Taylor son of Williman Penn Taylor. Would like to hear from them. Name: Jeremy Kevin Mullins Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Born/raised in BSG. Now I live in Sanford, NC Time: 1999-01-19 22:41:13 Comments: The creator of this site is my uncle, Gary Kilgore. He instructed me about this site and suggested I visit it. I enjoy being able to read local news while I live so far away from the region. At the same time, I am able to revisit my heritage, and check the latest sports scores. It is very apparent that both time and effort have been put into creating this site. I hope it is enjoyed by others as much as it is enjoyed by myself. Personally, since I left BSG, I have found my profession. I now work for a pharmacuetical research and development facility and have been employed there for an extended amount of time. The facility is considered level 3, Aids being a level 4 virus. Our most recent batch that is being produced is with the bacteria Diptheria. Of course, I have under went many vaccinations in preparation to being in the containment area. Back to the fact of the site, overall I enjoy every detail. I also like the fact that I can reunite with friends of the past and make new ones. If I can be of any assistance to anyone looking for relatives and heritage, please feel free to e-mail me. Name: Jerry Hamilton Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Originally Time: 1999-01-19 20:56:12 Comments: I am orginally from Big Stone and want to communicate with some of my friends from my past. Name: Dianna Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: New Jersey Time: 1999-01-19 18:41:40 Comments: I was just checking out the local hotels in Big Stone Gap. I have relatives there and may stop and visit some day. Name: Joshua Smith Website: Referred by: Lycos From: Gas City, Ind Time: 1999-01-19 15:55:46 Comments: I have a request for anyone who can help me. I am researching my family history as a college project. My family grew up in BSG. I am looking for names, adresses, phone #'s etc... for relatives of Finnie Lawson, Helen Lawson, Lloyd Bowman, or Danny Lawson. If anyone has any info that can help me, please e-mail me. Thank You so Much. Josh Name: Josh Smith Website: Welcome to Josh's Homepage Referred by: Lycos From: Gas City, Ind. Time: 1999-01-19 15:43:49 Comments: Hello, I have a lot of relatives that live in your town. Both of my grandmothers live/lived there.( one died) all of my uncles and cousins live there. You have the most wonderful town I have ever been to, I love visiting my relatives there, and the people are so nice. It's like a fairy tale town. When I graduate college here, my family and I are moving there. Thanks for everything. Name: Mary Johnson Website: Mary's Greatest Homepage Referred by: Net Search From: Virginia Time: 1999-01-17 22:30:28 Comments: Great page!! Whoever had started doing this is doing a wanderful job. Name: Nadine Herron Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Miami, Florida Time: 1999-01-16 16:29:38 Comments: Born and raised in Big Stone Gap - Still have relatives in Big Stone - Mae Dorton and June Dorton. I have been living in Miami for last 30 years. Attended ESG school and BSG school late 30's and 40's. My father was a miner all his life and I have sisters from there and one brother:Betty, Evelyn and Harold Herron. I miss the beautiful mountains and the area. Big Stone Gap will always be home to me! Name: Vernon Kelly Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Owings, MD (DC Metro Area) Time: 1999-01-15 21:19:53 Comments: HI BSG! I was born and raised in the Gap. PVHS Class 1979. My parents still live on Aviation Road, just across the river from Bullit Park. I am very impressed with the WEB Page. It looks very professional, better than many pages I have visited. Have you ever thought about some type of interactive section for those who no longer live in the Gap? It would be like a little visit without the long trip. Name: Clifton David Whittaker Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Clarksville, TN & BSG Time: 1999-01-13 14:02:16 Comments: First graduation class at PV in 1960. I still have my PV football jacket with the letter on it. Guess what! The jackets were not blue then. The original colors were decided in an election by the combined student body of ESG and BSG. The primary color is supposed to be Oklahoma Red, trimmed in Carolina Blue, and white. I have an open mind about placing the jacket on loan for an appropriate exibit. David Whittaker Name: Joshua Bolling Website: Mule's Place Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Va., Crackers Neck, Radford University Time: 1999-01-12 21:29:19 Comments: Love it....add more pics.... Name: Todd Spears Website: todd's site Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: bsg,va Time: 1999-01-10 20:38:01 Comments: BSG ROCKS Name: CHARLENE (CASTLE) CARPENTER Website: Referred by: Net Search From: I LIVE IN GEORGIA, FAMILY IN BIG STONE GAP Time: 1999-01-10 17:22:51 Comments: I AM RESEARCHING FAMILY HISTORY, MOST OF THE CASTLE FAMILY STILL LIVES IN WISE COUNTY. NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN FIND, INCLUDING ACCESS TO YOUR LOCAL PHONE BOOK, TO GET ADDRESS' FOR THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: ALL CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF KATHERINE AND EMORY FRANKLIN CASTLE AS WELL AS ALL SIBLINGS, AND OTHER RELATIVES OF KATHERINE AND EMORY CASTLE. THEY ARE MY GRANDPARENTS AND TRYING TO RUN A SEARCH FROM GEORGIA IS A TOUCH DIFFICULT WHEN I TRUELLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING.....THANKS IN ADVANCE............. Name: Linda Landers Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Illinois Time: 1999-01-10 13:06:40 Comments: Love the name of the town. Would love to visit the town some day. Name: Lelia Long Collins Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Chesapeake, Va. / Keokee High School 72 Time: 1999-01-06 21:11:32 Comments: Nice web page, Big Stone Gap is one of my favorite towns. I miss the mountains and my family that live in the area. I have lived in Chesapeake for the last 16 years. Name: Melanie White Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: BSG, VA Time: 1999-01-05 22:16:43 Comments: I have lived in BSG all my life and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Name: John Collins Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Summerville SC (BSG 1958) Time: 1999-01-05 15:41:49 Comments: Who would have thought... Growing up in the Gap, one day I would not only fix computers(Mostly Airplane), But I would Visit a web sight devoted to what's happening in the old home town. Glad to see it. I am retiring in a couple of years and guess where I plan to come back to. John Name: Kellie Kocher Zapf Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1999-01-04 15:13:22 Comments: Hey BSG. I grew up there and I'm in the Air Force now. Stationed in N.D. Wouldn't mind hearing from some friendly people. Name: Ben Collins Website: ChesaBay Referred by: From a Friend From: Chesapeake, VA Time: 1999-01-03 11:37:48 Comments: From BSG. Still serving in the United States Navy. Name: Jan Surber Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: St. Charles, VA Time: 1999-01-02 19:36:07 Comments: Greetings from Dayton, Ohio. I spent lots of time in BSG in my younger days, at the "Youth Center" anyone remember those good ole days? I also worked at Lonesome Pine Hospital for a couple of years around the early 80's. I am related to Sherry Wolfe & Patti Cantrell. My husband pastors a Southern Baptist Church here in Dayton, and I am a secretary at The Greater Dayton Association of Baptist. We have been here for 12 years. We still have family in Lee Co. and we visit often. We would like to hear from folks in your area. Name: Summer Lenhart (Caudill) Website: All about looks! Referred by: From a Friend From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-12-31 12:17:26 Comments: Hey how is everyone out there in good old BSG? I am still living here in Germany for the time being, and I am still in the Army. Everything is good! Name: LEE ROY Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: ROSE HILL Time: 1998-12-30 20:09:42 Comments: THE ONLY ONE I KNOW IN BIG STONE GAP BEN MULLINS Name: Kelly Ann Beck Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Chatham, OH Time: 1998-12-29 10:19:21 Comments: Terrific web site for general information, but could you refer me to any sites/links having to do with buying a home in/around Big Stone Gap? I wish to relocate to Virginia, and would like to do so close to Jefferson National forest. Thank You. Name: Scott R. Thompson Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Clarksville, TN Time: 1998-12-28 12:21:46 Comments: Looking for anyone that can help me with genealogical ties to the area. Scott Thompson Name: Joanna Boyd Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Madison, Virginia Time: 1998-12-27 23:29:36 Comments: I am with the group of young people who volunteered to paint the gym of a local SDA school. If only kids knew the joy in helping others. I thank those in the SDA church for giving us the priviledge of creating memories that will be remembered and charished for years to come. God bless you all. Name: Matt Solie Website: Some pics of a mission trip there. Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Orange, VA Time: 1998-12-27 14:58:13 Comments: Yeah, some friends and I had a mission trip down there. We repainted the S.D.A. Church School. Visit my site to find out more and to view some pics. Name: Summer (Caudill) and Matthew Lenhart Website: All About Love Referred by: AOL From: Big Stone Gap and Old Mill, Maryland Time: 1998-12-24 16:40:57 Comments: I was born in Norton and raised in BSG, I graduated from PVHS in 1993 and joined the Army after going to Clinch Valley and Mountain Empire. My husband, Matthew Lenhart, and I plan to move back to BSG when we get out of the US Army in a few years. We were looking for information on Real Estate in the BSG area, and my husband was looking for information on the BSG Police Department. He will be doing that or VA State Police. We were married at Allendale Mansion in June 1997. My parents, Donna and Teddy Myers, live in BSG still. Name: Clifton David Whittaker Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Clarksville, Tenn. Time: 1998-12-17 12:15:03 Comments: David & Phyllis (Carty) Whittaker: We wish all of our relatives and friends in Big Stone, Dunbar and Wise County a very Merry Christmas and all of the very best for the New Year. We wish we could be there to share the holidays with you, but it doesn't seem likely. We would be pleased to share e-mail with you, though. Name: Ricky R. Wilder Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Orig. Lee County, Now B.S.G., VA. Time: 1998-12-17 07:57:47 Comments: Can't get all the screen and NO right or left arrow to move page to view all of it. I'm using Netscape Browser. OTHERWISE, site looks good. Haven't seen all of it yet. Still looking at it. Glad to see BSG does have a web site though. Keep it up ! Name: robert wood Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Time: 1998-12-16 21:46:50 Comments: nice page. i have not been able to make it back up there in the last few years. this helps. merry christmas Name: Kerry Anderson Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Mechanicsville, VA Time: 1998-12-16 15:07:05 Comments: It's wonderful to see pictures of truly one of the most beautiful little towns in the world. I'm glad to have been fortunate enough to have grown up in good old BSG! Name: Clay Doyle Website: The Doyle/Logan Company Referred by: From a Friend From: Los Angeles Time: 1998-12-14 23:29:18 Comments: I am a friend of the Pollys of Big Stone Gap Name: Navada Gibson Heflin Website: THE HEFLIN PAGE Referred by: From a Friend From: Centreville, Virginia Time: 1998-12-14 18:32:09 Comments: I'm glad that Big Stone Gap finally has a Website. I grew up here and graduated from Powell Valley High School in 1960. I loved the small town and the beautiful mountains. I was born in Stonega, Va. which is just 15 minutes from Big Stone Gap. I come back every two years to see the mountains and to renew my spirit. I also still have relatives and friends back here. Check out our Web Page and see if you recognize any names. Navada Gibson Heflin Name: Mike Trigiani Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Nashville, TN Time: 1998-12-13 12:46:16 Comments: Good to see some pics from back home! Name: BRIAN VANCE Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: DEFIANCE, OHIO 43512 Time: 1998-12-13 10:59:00 Comments: DOING RESEARCH ON BIG STONE GAP CAUSE I MIGHT BE MOVING THERE TO GO TO COLLEGE AT MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUNITTY COLLEGE NEXT YEAR. Name: JARED HOLMGREN Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: BEAR RIVER CITY UT Time: 1998-12-10 22:13:39 Comments: I LIVED IN BSG IN 1987. I REALLY MISS THE AREA AND THE PEOPLE Name: Paul Clendenon Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-12-10 21:20:40 Comments: Good Site Name: Tisha Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-12-09 19:53:16 Comments: CONGRATULATIONS to the Powell Valley Vikings!!! Name: gilbert knight Website: Referred by: SimpleNet From: big stone gap/cleveland,sc Time: 1998-12-09 16:40:09 Comments: I REALLY ENJOY YOUR HOMEPAGE. COULD YOU ADD MORE TO IT MORE OFTEN? LASTLY, WHO IS ON THE OTHER END OF THIS E-MAIL??????? SINCERELY, GIL. Name: cooper Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1998-12-07 20:44:55 Comments: hello Name: Elizabeth Wade Carden Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Gary Indiana Time: 1998-12-06 20:33:29 Comments: Great Site I like all the info on BSG I can find. I was born in CADET 1946 . Do not visit to often. I would like to here from someone who remembers me. Name: Amy Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Tennessee Time: 1998-12-05 19:58:51 Comments: I enjoy this site. My dad, Luke Cornette, Jr. is from Big Stone Gap and we have visited there often over the years. Also, regarding one of the links, I visited the Pennington Gap site/guestbook. I am seeking any info about my great-grandmother, Bessie Cornette. She lived in Pennington and was a dietician at the old Lee General Hospital and also at the old high school. That was when you crossed the road and went up one block to the lunch room. Everyone called her "Big Mama". If you knew her or have some remembrance of her or my dad, I would appreciate hearing from you. Name: Denise Gramlich Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Edgewater, MD Time: 1998-12-04 14:58:21 Comments: This is wonderful. I sent an earlier message, and then starting reading all the other messages and decided to send another. My Mom and Dad (James K. Brady (Bud) & Peggy A. Collins) were both from the area. Both Grandfathers worked in the mines. Paul and Violet Collins, Maude Moore, James T. and Reba V. Brady. I still have some of my Mom's and most of my Dad's family in Big Stone. Blagg, Adams, Brady, Collins. I loved coming to Big Stone for summer visits. Going to the Mutual, and the bowling alley. The Country Boy and the roller skating rink were the best. Your pictures of the old school touched my heart. The school was just down from my Gran's house, Reba V. Brady. She passed June 97, everyone was so wonderful to my Gran and the family during that difficult time, her church, friends, and neighbors. I know its overdue but Thank You everyone! If you know any of my family please tell them "Hey from Neice". Name: Denise Gramlich Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Edgewater, MD Time: 1998-12-04 14:17:54 Comments: Wow, so glad I found this. Most of my fathers family lives in the area, and I've always loved my visits to Big Stone. My Dad's last name is Brady, and all his sisters and borthers lives in the "Tri-state" area. Norton, Powell Valley, Kingsport. Use to love it when we would get the paper from Big Stone, I heard it only comes out weekly now, maybe. Lots of found memories of the area, hope to be back soon. Name: Dan Kedzierski Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Johnson City, TN Time: 1998-12-04 12:30:35 Comments: I found the BSG Web site through a search. I have kept up with all of the local happenings with visits and talk with my family and friends still in BSG. I found my brother John listed in the guest book record 46. I want to compliment BSG on this excellant Web page. GO VIKING FOOTBALL !!!! Name: Robert Beverly Website: Wise Co., VA GenWeb Page Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Roanoke Time: 1998-12-04 05:34:50 Comments: Hi. Just wanted to sign your guestbook and let people know about my Wise County Genealogy Page. Anyone interested in tracing your Wise County roots? Name: rebecca Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: kentucky Time: 1998-12-04 01:14:00 Comments: I just came here to do some research for school on the high tax rate in the United States, and seen this page so I figured that I would check it out. Name: Bob Morris Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-12-03 18:52:25 Comments: Now living in Martinsburg, WV Name: Curt Filsinger Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Northern Ohio Time: 1998-12-01 19:48:17 Comments: Greetings, my mother (Gwendolyn Faye Smith - Maiden name) was born and raised in Big Stone and I would like to reunite her with some of her old friends and family members. Some of her relatives are ...Jane Johnson, Adelaide Allman, Dorothy Kleineck, & Tinsy Buckles. Any idea on contact information or how they are doing?Any ideas how I can accomplish this? Do you think a newspaper ad would be effective in reaching her old friends? If anyone knew my mother please contact her at the following address: Gwendolyn Faye Filsinger - (married name) 68 Evergreen Drive #2 Crossville, TN 38555. Thanks for any and all input.Best Regards,Curt Name: Anthony J. Oubre Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Va Beach Va Time: 1998-11-30 18:09:50 Comments: Very good page, learned a lot and we liked the pictures, however need to have more explanation and deions with the pictures. Overall a very good rating. Name: LeeAnn Stipe Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-11-28 19:51:27 Comments: Good job on page. HI! Name: Warren Mitchell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1998-11-28 16:41:34 Comments: Been to Big Stone many times. I have two cousins, Maurice and Phillip Vanhook, who have lived there all their lives. My Father and brother were born in Appalachia. Grandfather owned Mitchell's Barbershop and served on the Town Council. If you see my cousins tell Them I said hello. Name: John Tate Website: john tate's home page Referred by: AOL From: richmond indiana Time: 1998-11-27 22:36:08 Comments: my father&mother are from bigstone. been nice looking at your site Name: James M Allen Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Rogersville, Tn. Time: 1998-11-24 22:00:19 Comments: I was borned and raised in Big Stone Gap.I left in 1954 to go in the Navy. I have lived in Indiana & Tenn.I am retired now and injoying life.I still visit ever so often.Enjoy the Webb Site.Maybe some of my old friends will see this and email me. Thank's Jim Allen Name: LARRY L. LITTRELL Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: CASSELBERRY,FL/BLUFF CITY,TN Time: 1998-11-24 17:15:32 Comments: I AM TRYING TO GET ANY INFORMATION THAT I CAN (PAPER CLIPPINGS, COURT RECORDS, PERSONAL MEMORIES) REGARDING THE MURDER OF MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, DANIEL WEBSTER LITTRELL, IN BIG STONE GAP IN 1920. HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ANOTHER OFFICER, BLESSINGS, WAS INJURED AND SURVIVED. THE KILLER WAS ARRESTED AND CONVICTED. IF ANY ONE HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENTS OR KNOWS WERE ANY INFO CAN BE FOUND, PLEASE E-MAIL ME. I AM TRYING TO GET THE DOCUMENTATION SO THAT HE CAN BE HONORED ON THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C. Name: Mark Eggeman Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Chesapeake, VA Time: 1998-11-23 13:18:39 Comments: Great website! Looking into job opportunity in Big Stone Gap. Love the mountains, would love to live here. Anybody need a VB/Access developer?? - Thanx. Name: Jeremy K. Mullins Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Sanford, NC (BSG orig) Time: 1998-11-22 19:43:34 Comments: Way to go Gary!!!! Now that little "crack in the wall" town will be put on the map! -Jeremy Mullins Name: Patricia Hollinger Pickett Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Manchester, CT Time: 1998-11-22 00:03:34 Comments: The web page for Big Stone is nice. I learned about the Web page from my sister, Teresa. She told me to check out the new Web page and of course I couldn't resist. The Hollinger children are frequently in town to check on Mom. Name: Josh Holloman Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Williamston, NC Time: 1998-11-21 20:51:20 Comments: If possible from this webpage, please email any info on rental houses/apartments within commuting distance from Big Stone Gap. There is a possibility that I may have employment in the area. Thank you Name: Mrs. C. T. Edmondson Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Powellsville, N. C. 27967 Time: 1998-11-20 11:43:05 Comments: We are former residents of Appalachia. GO DOGS! My husband was Director of Missions for the Wise Baptist Association and our daughter graduated from Appalachia High School in 1984. We still subscribe to THE POST and I got your web address from there. It is a beautiful thing. I enjoyed showing the people here at work the pictures of where I used to live. Name: Ernie Kelly Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Monroe, WA Time: 1998-11-18 19:24:53 Comments: Your web site is great.. Nice to "visit" my home town. Many of the people running the town were my school mates from the early 60's. Its great to know the town is in good hands.. Ernie Kelly Name: Debbie McCoy Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Kingsport,Tennessee Time: 1998-11-18 08:20:37 Comments: Doing some family research, my mothers family is from Crackers Neck. We have been unable to trace some of her great-grandparents and are searching old cemeteries.She was a Miller and Stidham. Name: Ralph E. Bartley Website: Referred by: Viewing another Guestbook From: Dryden/now, Petersburg, Va Time: 1998-11-16 19:50:35 Comments: Good to see Big Stone on the WEB. I enjoyed many, many, good times there as a kid, cruising the Country Boy and parking at the Drive Inn Theater...1967 - 1969. Name: Martin Cummings Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Plano, Texas Time: 1998-11-15 21:10:06 Comments: My father and his family lived in Big Stone Gap from 1900 - 1960s. Father = Martin Bruce Cummings Grandfather Howard Lee Cummings was mayor of Big Stone Gap in early 1960s before he passed away. Grandmother was Hattie Jane Bruce (daughter of Daniel Hoge Bruce and Martha Matilda Karr) all of whom are buried in the beautiful Glencoe Cemetery. I would love to have additional information regarding the Bruce family in the late 1800s in the Wise County area. Name: Paul E Williams Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Osaka, Va. Time: 1998-11-15 10:59:52 Comments: Grew up in Osaka and stayed and lived with my Grandparents Ivory D and Cornie A Williams. Some may have knowed me by yhe name of Richard and also had a nickname of shadrack. Anyone wants to contact me please do so at my e-mail address. Name: Danny R. (D. R.) Carter Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Pennington Gap, Virginia Time: 1998-11-14 23:47:06 Comments: I THINK YOUR WEB PAGE IS SUPER,I ENJOYED READING THE TOWN'S COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES. EVERY LOCAL GOVERMENT BODY SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, THANK TO THE ONE WHO DID THE PAGE. THE INFORMATION ON THE PAGE IS VERY INFORMATIVE ABOUT THE TOWN AND THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE... A HUGE HELL-0 TO MR. GEORGE POLLY AND FELLOW LEE COUNTIAN MR. HAROLD KIRK, BEST OF LUCK....................... Name: Ann Walters Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Dayton, Ohio Time: 1998-11-14 16:37:30 Comments: Hi ya'll, Congrats on the Web site. My cousin, Judy, told me about it. Looks really nice with a lot of info. My parents were from there, My daddy was a Bishop and mother was a Barker. Name: Bill W. Mullins Website: Referred by: Lycos From: Lansdowne, Pa Time: 1998-11-13 19:40:56 Comments: GOOOO V-I-K-I-N-G-S!!! Good luck Donny Dorton and team with the playoffs. Name: James W. Davis Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Huntsville, Texas Time: 1998-11-13 16:11:48 Comments: Born and raised in Lynchburg, Va. Currently Criminal Justice employee in Texas. Looking at a job at Wallens Ridge Prison. Name: David Gibson Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Flower Mound TX Time: 1998-11-12 22:49:24 Comments: I was born and raised in the area but left 25 years ago. Just checking in .... Name: anthony william sabey. Website: Referred by: Net Search From: mansfield,england, Time: 1998-11-12 07:10:48 Comments: nice to see where my immediate ancestors came from! Name: John Kedzierski Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Sandwich, Il. Time: 1998-11-09 12:09:36 Comments: Found out about this in last edition of the Post. Being raised in BSG and now living here, I have always kept up with local happenings thru the Post and usually am in the Gap twice a year visiting with family and friends. BSG is to be complimented on this Web page, it is great. Hello to all old friends down there!!! Name: Jim & Sherry Evans Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Logan, WV Time: 1998-11-07 20:55:19 Comments: I lived in BSG (on hospital hill) from 1977-1983. When we moved, we left many good friends. I still think of them often. Powell Valley must be the most beautiful place on earth. Tell Greg and Kathy Ireson we said hello. Name: Scott Lambert Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Indianapolis, Indiana Time: 1998-11-06 21:35:58 Comments: Would just like to say hello to all the Lambert family....Granny, Jr. and Margret, Lorraine, Rue, CO and Kathy, Katie, Jamie, Angela and Tracy, and to the rest of ya'll.....We all love you here in Indy! Name: becky napier ward Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: macon georgia Time: 1998-11-05 09:25:13 Comments: saw in the post you were on the web. coming to big stone gap this fall to visit my father, hobert napier. wanted to see what was going on in town before i planned my visit. this helps me keep more in touch with my home town. Name: Kevin Shepherdson Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Adelaide South Australia Time: 1998-11-05 07:49:34 Comments: I've been so close to visiting. After viewing your web pages I will make a bigger effort next time. Name: E.K. Newman III Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: fort wayne in Time: 1998-11-04 20:32:53 Comments: my father was born and raised in big stone gap. Name: Sherry Knight Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Jacksonville, Florida Time: 1998-11-02 21:28:02 Comments: Gil just told me about your new website!!!! Congratulations!!! I understand that Bill Hendrick had his hand in this website. Please pass along my best to him. Would love to hear from y'all. Name: Roger Phillips Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Penn. Gap Va. Time: 1998-11-02 19:22:45 Comments: Glad to see our small towns ( Pennington , Big Stone ) of Southwest Va. on the web. Keep up the good work. Name: SHANE ADKINS Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: CHAPEL HILL, NC Time: 1998-11-02 16:54:56 Comments: MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS FROM BIG STONE, SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL CHECKING THIS SITE OUT. Name: Travis Hale Website: Crystal Lazer Products Referred by: Yahoo! From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-11-01 23:02:22 Comments: Nice website, beautiful town, now are we ready to bring some jobs into this area? Name: Cricket (Mullins) Woost Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Mclean, Virginia Time: 1998-11-01 18:55:58 Comments: Great page, great town, great people Name: Teri E Barnett Website: www.webcrawler.com Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-10-31 23:33:49 Comments: Wow! Little ol' Big Stone Gap having it's own wedpage, that is so cool! I have lived here since I was 3 and I have always liked it. I am 14 and was born at Lonsom Pine Hospital. I use to live in Appalachia but don't remember it. Boy am I glad we moved here! Well, gotta get back to checking this cool webpage out! Bye! Teri Name: Heather Bledsoe Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-10-29 22:07:12 Comments: I love this! I had no idea we had this. Name: Nick Botts Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Elizabethton ,TN Time: 1998-10-29 15:24:21 Comments: Read about the web site in the Post of 10/28/98; I receive a subion every week thru the mail... Name: RON BEGLEY Website: Referred by: AOL From: Knoxville, Tn/Appalachia, Va Time: 1998-10-26 22:18:52 Comments: No comments. I am in the NG Name: ralph rockford franks Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: taylor,michigan Time: 1998-10-23 00:38:58 Comments: my father john bee franks was raised in big stone gap back around 1930-1940s Name: Tisha Dorton Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-10-22 22:33:31 Comments: Excellent Web Page. Go Vikings! It is so great to be a Viking Fan... The information of the Web page is great. Keep up the good work... Name: Racheal N Robinette Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Big Stone Gap, now Virginia Beach Time: 1998-10-21 03:08:00 Comments: Hey everyone! How are things back there in the mountains? This is a great site you've got going here. I was so happy to find it so I could try to stay in touch . Name: Nicholas J Hayes Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Ireland Time: 1998-10-17 12:16:30 Comments: I would like to communicate with a citizen of your town who might share my interest in art and the influences of the philosophies of the ages on western art. Name: J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Esq. Website: Wise Circuit Court Referred by: From a Friend From: County Court House Time: 1998-10-10 01:10:51 Comments: Excellent web site development for the Town of Big Stone Gap. Please keep thinking innovation and how the web page might be used to enhance government productivity and access to public services. The example will encourage more local citizens to invest and operate e-commece businesses in the global market from our immediate area. Thanks you for the diligent and determined efforts! Name: Edith Miller Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Clarksville, VA Time: 1998-10-09 23:36:31 Comments: Have visited your town (Municipal Clerk's Mgt) and it is truly a beautiful place. Hope to visit there again someday. Name: Dana Parker-Gilley Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Connersville, Indiana Time: 1998-10-09 17:44:47 Comments: Was sent to me by my cousin, use to live there in Bum Hollor in 68. Name: Simon Mattias van den Bergh Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Netherlands Time: 1998-10-09 05:18:58 Comments: Entered the BSG site via PVHS site Name: Eleanor Mock Dunbar Grasselli Website: ADam Referred by: From a Friend From: Damascus, VA Time: 1998-10-06 17:06:25 Comments: Gray Kilgore gave us your address. Name: Missy Reed Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-10-05 00:18:05 Comments: I have lived here since I was 2 years and i'm 23 now. My dad is from Appalachia and my mom is from D.C. I graduated from Powell Valley in 1992. I love this town and i'll probably be here for ever. Great Website! Name: Brett Frazier Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Huntsville, AL Time: 1998-10-04 23:39:31 Comments: What is the cost of living index for big Stone Gap? Applied for a job opening in area and need to know for salary comparisons if interviewed. Thanks. Name: Pitter Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 1998-10-03 18:27:45 Comments: Used to live there. Miss the area. Name: Stefanie Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Born in BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA... I live in Phoenix, Arizona now. Time: 1998-10-01 20:21:49 Comments: Wow! I can't believe my own little hometown has it's own page! This is so exciting! (I'm 15 and a half years old, by the way). I was born in Lonesome Pine Hospital on February 14, 1983. My grandparents still live in Big Stone Gap. (step-grandparents, technically). You all have done a wonderful job! I've only looked at a little bit of it so far, but I still like it! I'll be sure to come back and visit again! Name: Lorraine Motola Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Staten Island, New York Time: 1998-09-27 14:09:32 Comments: I was very excited when I discovered your web page. My grandfather, Harry C. Jones was born in BSG in the early 1900's to the Rev. Colbert Jones and Ida Jones.He attended BSG High School and Hiwassee College.I visited BSG in 1975 and plan to return in the future. I will look forward to reading the Town History page and hearing from anybody who has information on my family. Thank you. Name: Lori Falin-Marcum Website: Referred by: Net Search From: I am originally from Rockcastle County, Kentucky. I now live in Chattanooga, Tn. Time: 1998-09-26 23:21:50 Comments: I am looking for any info on the surname , FALIN Can anybody help me? Name: Jill Janette Kilgore Williams Website: Welcome to Lee County Schools Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Dunbar, Va then Sanford, NC since 1985 Time: 1998-09-22 09:14:39 Comments: My family still resides in the area and I am very happy to have this electronic connection to my hometown. My brother, Gary Kilgore, is employed with the town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia and he e-mailed me from your website. Keep Growing Big Stone Gap! I hope to visit you soon! Name: Judith R. Enzor Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Hollywood, Florida Time: 1998-09-15 15:09:38 Comments: Please list all schools and churches in your community, including the address and directions if possible. it would also be nice to get a n idea of the motels available and cost per night. Name: Laura Mann Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Fort Walton Beach, FL Time: 1998-09-13 21:57:46 Comments: My mom grew up in Big Stone Gap and has plans to move back as soon as my dad retires in 1999. My Aunt Jane still lives in BSG and I visit her every summer! I have always loved my visits to BSG!! Name: Jerry Boggs Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Morristown,tn. Time: 1998-09-11 23:05:04 Comments: Im from Big Stone Gap, and it would nice to see some local news.Dont get a chance to vist much.thanks for the site..Jerry Boggs Name: Jason Stidham Website: Powell Valley High School Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: BSG Time: 1998-09-10 08:24:21 Comments: The homepage looks good. Keep up the good work. Visit Powell Valley's Homepage. Name: Joe Noah Website: PREDDY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Referred by: From a Friend From: Clarksville, VA Time: 1998-09-07 13:30:50 Comments: Great site for a great little town in SW Virginia in spite of what the UVA announcer says. Name: Marian Ann Blair Website: none Referred by: Yahoo! From: Castleton New York Time: 1998-09-03 20:09:50 Comments: I have never been to your beautiful town but I have heard stories about it all my life. My great grandparents settled there in the early 1900's and raised five childern. My great grandmother was Arrabella Campbell Bowmen and my great grandfather was Benjrman Hyder Bowmen. I am making my first visit this September and look forward to meeting some of the people who make it such a special place. If anyone can provide me with the name of a local historical group I would greatly appreciate it. I am working on a family history. Thanks !!! Name: Sandra L Jones Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Big Stone Gap, VA Time: 1998-08-27 09:05:52 Comments: Big Stone has been my home for 47 years - and I am proud of our lovely town. Name: brenda sue walker Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: born in big stone in 1949 live in albu nm Time: 1998-08-27 12:50:49 Comments: Hello Big Stone I was born there as Brenda Sue Smith in June of 1949 havnt been back since my daughter was 9 months old. She is now 29. I miss the green of the state as well as the beauty. I live in New Mexico now and most of my family are over in Wise and Norton and Keokee. Just wanted to say hi , send me an e-mail from my home town if you dont mind. Mother was Gladys Marie Barnett-Smith Father is Jack Smith of Keokee. Thank you much I got to go home even if it was by internet Your's Brenda Walker Name: Alvin L. Robinette Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-08-24 21:36:47 Comments: How is everyone? I just came upon your page and thought I would say hello. Big Stone Gap is a great place and I was very excited to have found this site. Have a great day!!!! Alvin Name: Simon Hope Website: none Referred by: Net Search From: London UK Time: 1998-08-23 00:04:38 Comments: I'm trying to get in touch with Dr Wendell Fowler of Big Stone Gap, VA Can you help me please? Name: Michael & Michelle Ireson Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Time: 1998-08-16 23:11:51 Comments: Michelle and I are from Powell Valley and Appalachia (Go Dawgs!) We are both employed at Tennessee Eastman and would love to get an e-mail from some of our friends from over there in Big Stone Gap. Name: Robert Diets Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Dante Va Time: 1998-08-14 15:07:34 Comments: I love the town of Big Stone Gap Name: Cecelia C. Munsey Website: Referred by: NewsGroups From: Big Stone Gap Time: 1998-08-13 21:24:55 Comments: I am very glad that Big Stone Gap has information concerning our town and government issues for citizens to view at any time. Job well done!. Name: J. Jack Kennedy, Jr., Esq. Website: Circuit Court for Wise County & Norton Referred by: Word of Mouth From: Norton Time: 1998-08-06 04:15:48 Comments: EXCELLENT to have Big Stone Gap's municipal government on-line! Please let us know if there is any assistance we can provide. Your page is linked to the Court's page. It will soon be included as a link to Wise County as well. Name: DONNIE JENKINS Website: Referred by: Word of Mouth From: BIG STONE GAP,VIRGINIA Time: 1998-07-23 00:14:26 Comments: I HAVE CHECKED OUT THE PAGE AND HAVE FOUND IT TO BE VERY INFORMATIVE WHEN IT IS COMPLETE...MY FAVORITE PART OF THE PAGE WILL BE THE LINK ON TOWN HISTORY... I AM A HISTORY BUFF AND I WILL BE CLOSELY LOOKING AT THAT PART OF THE WEB PAGE Total: 195 guests