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Haunted Tales of the Chase House at the Ralph Stanley Museum

October 28, 2021

A Spooky Good Time was held Thursday and Friday with ghostly tales of The Chase House, a 100 + year old historical home, now the Ralph Stanley...

Race Against Hunger

October 28, 2021

Clintwood Food City raised over $3,000 for the Dickenson County Food Bank during their Race Against Hunger Promotion. Pictured is Store Manager,...

A Halloween story - The Tale of Jim Barton’s Fiddle

October 28, 2021

We are on the cusp of Halloween, also known as All Hallows Eve. It is a curious celebration that over the years has combined elements of both Christian and pagan themes....

Rev. S. M. McFall, Rev. Asa Hughes, and Rev. Derwood Yates were pastors at Valley View Freewill Baptist Church.

Freewill Baptist Church was first organized in Dickenson County in...

October 28, 2021

Submitted by: Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President For the past two weeks, Dickenson County Historical Society has...

Fog in the Valley

October 19, 2021

Long Ridge resident Wayne Riner captured this amazing photograph! The cooler morning temperatures and light winds allow fog to form in the quiet...

Jordan Rose (Senior age group 14 – 19 years old)
2021 Dickenson County 4-H Pumpkin Show winner. Jordan grew a 78 lb white pumpkin of the Polar Bear variety and a Peanut Pumpkin (aka galeux d’eysines pumpkin). Typically, Polar Bear Pumpkins weigh between 30 - 65 lb, but may exceed 100 lb. Peanut Pumpkins are unique in the warty texture of the skin. The peanut-like growths are caused by excess sugar that bubbles up as the pumpkin grows. This high sugar content makes them great for cooking and eating. Jordan has been growing pumpkins since 2011 and when asked about his secret to growing pumpkins, he said that he would rather keep that to himself.
The 4-H pullet and pumpkin show was held at the Coalfield Agricultural Center on Tuesday, October 12.

4-H pullet and pumpkin show

October 19, 2021

Autumn memories — Country landscape offers visual signs of season

October 19, 2021

By Howard E. Cummins columnist The season of autumn is far too brief, and if every day is not acknowledged and enjoyed then before we know it the riot of the season...

This photo of the Sand Lick Church was taken in 1937.

Old Sand Lick Primitive Baptist Church is oldest church in...

October 19, 2021

Submitted by: Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President Elihu Jasper Sutherland wrote a booklet, Sand Lick Primitive...

Pushing nature’s buttons

October 12, 2021

By Howard E Cummins COLUMNIST Twenty years ago, more or less, I was standing on the ledge of a tourist look out point high in the Alps.I had ventured out early so that...

Unique walking stick

October 12, 2021

Let’s make a walking stick that is unique. Cut a board into a snake like appearance and add the finishing touches. The eyes are small white...

Siblings standing behind their parents headstone at Counts Chapel. Pictured from left to right are Bill, Charlotte, Cookie, Genoa and Joe. (Three other siblings are deceased, Eda Gay Patton, a former teacher and school board member in Dickenson County, Patsy Blankenship, also a lifelong resident of Dickenson County, and Cheryl Clay, who lived in many places while her husband was in the army but then after he retired they returned to Dickenson County to live on Bise Ridge).

Family gathering

October 12, 2021

By Sharon Smith Siblings and descendants of Chester and Emma Smith, lifelong residents of Dickenson County, gather at oldest sibling Bill...

The above is an early photo of the Cumberland Church of the Brethren.

Old articles provide historical information

October 12, 2021

Submitted by Edith Faye Redden Dickenson County Historical Society President In the present age of information at our fingertips, many people...

Dickenson County 4-H Saddle Club

October 6, 2021

On September 10-12 Dickenson County 4-H Saddle Club member, and Wise County native, Reigan Graham and her family traveled to Lexington, Virginia to...

Cumberland Pine Mountain Trail Riders Juvenile Horse Show

October 6, 2021

Cumberland Pine Mountain Trail Riders Juvenile Horse Show was held on Saturday, October 2. This event was for youth 17 and under. Pictured...

October 6, 2021

Alexa Dutton, brought home the Reserve World Championship in Country Pleasure 12 and Under from the Racking Horse Breeders Association show in...

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