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<DIV>R. D. Williams,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You might be interested in a legal matter that apparently involved your
great grandfather and the NRH&W RR found in "HONAKER et al. v. NEW
RIVER, H. & W. R. CO. in Google Books at:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rxkLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA728&lpg=PA728&dq=new+river+holston+western&source=bl&ots=cDttfKu7a4&sig=YfNeN309-vpKYBiJYLQ7Q9XHFS4&hl=en&ei=nvXMSdi2BoL2nQfizK3gCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA727,M1">http://books.google.com/books?id=rxkLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA728&lpg=PA728&dq=new+river+holston+western&source=bl&ots=cDttfKu7a4&sig=YfNeN309-vpKYBiJYLQ7Q9XHFS4&hl=en&ei=nvXMSdi2BoL2nQfizK3gCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA727,M1</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Two familiar names involved with the NRH&W, and mentioned in this
case, were Leas and McVitty. This is the name of the tannery that
operated in Salem, VA, among other locations. The grand McVitty home still
stands near where I live in southwest Roanoke County.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gordon Hamilton</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">NW
Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org
href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">'NW Mailing List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: N&W in 1909--Bland
county</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT
face="Trebuchet MS" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">OUTLET FOR
BLAND'S IRON AND TIMBER</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Contract Let for
Building Railroad >From Day, Virginia, to Rocky
Gap</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">EIGHT MILE
EXTENSION OPENS RICH TERRITORY</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DEPOSITS OF IRON
SAID TO BE ALMOST INEXHAUSTIBLE</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> 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 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> 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 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> 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>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">[<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>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Gordon
Hamilton</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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