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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is a great one Gordon. J.C.
Honaker was my Great Grandfather, while interested in real estate as the
article states he also ran a general store for the county. I have a day
book from the store from the era of this article. The Honaker family home was
built on Clear Fork/ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wolf</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Creek</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and there is/was a railroad
bridge just in the front yard of the house. Rt 61 used this bridge
to cross the creek and ran along the old railroad bed prior to its current alignment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">NW
Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 26, 2009
2:41 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 3N&W Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> N&W in 1909--Bland
county</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Bluefield</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> Daily Telegraph<br>
June 18, 1909</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>OUTLET FOR BLAND'S IRON
AND TIMBER</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Contract Let for Building
Railroad >From Day, Virginia, to Rocky Gap</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>EIGHT MILE
EXTENSION OPENS RICH TERRITORY</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Agent for Virginia
Iron, Coal and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Coke Company En
Route</st1:address></st1:Street> to Secure Option on Land and May Establish
Large Operation</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>DEPOSITS OF IRON
SAID TO BE ALMOST INEXHAUSTIBLE</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> J. C. Honaker, of Rock [<em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">sic</font></i></em>] Gap, Va., largely interested in
Bland county real estate, who was in the city yesterday, is authority for the
statement that the New River, Holston & Western Railroad Company has let a
contract for the building of a railroad from Day, Va., to Rocky Gap, a distance
of eight miles. This is an extension of the road owned by the company and
already in operation connecting with the <st1:City w:st="on">Norfolk</st1:City>
and Western at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Narrows</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Va.</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> The purpose of the company is to furnish an outlet
for the rich iron and timber country of Bland county. The iron in particular
is said to be the richest in the state, and the deposits covering a wide
territory are said to be practically inexhaustible. The quality is good,
and capital at this time is looking toward the development of the bodies.
C. E. Lucas [<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Microfilm blurred.
Best interpretation shown.</font></i></em>] of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Patterson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Va.</st1:State></st1:place>,
general manager of the Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company, is now en route to
Bland to secure an option on some of this land, and Mr. Honaker says he
understands that if the deal is completed, a large operation will be
established by the company.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> In addition to the iron, Bland in this locality has
vast timber resources which will be rendered marketable much more easily by the
building of the new road. Mr. Honaker says he expects to see Bland boom in
the very near future.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>[<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Does anyone have photos of 100-car
unit ore trains moving down <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wolf</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Creek</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> on the NRH&W
carrying some of the "almost inexhaustible" iron deposits toward
the N&W and some hungry smelter? No? Then I have another
question. As a youth I attended boy scout camp at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Camp</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Roland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
in Bland county, and I remember hiking over deteriorated crossties along a
logging railroad on our way up to a fire tower. Camp Roland is on
the upper reaches of Wolf Creek whereas the N&W Narrows Branch left
Wolf Creek to reach the end of line at Suiter on Hunting Camp Creek, on
the opposite side of Round Mountain from Camp Roland. Does anyone
have any info on the logging railroad at today's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Camp</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Roland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>?</font></i></em>]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=6 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Gordon Hamilton</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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