Bluefield Va Emerged From Pinhook Boom Town Roots
The Bluefield Virginia story traces a settlement once called Pinhook growing through rail ties and family land to a bustling railroad town. It recalls the Graham era, early businesses, landmark fires, and the 1924 merger with Bluefield West Virginia, cementing a shared municipal future.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Higginbotham
Bluefield Furniture Company
Hale
Bramwell Road
Graham And Bluefield Were Far Apart Early Leaders Recalled
The article recalls Graham and Bluefield in 1890 with no street connection and notes Pleasant Young a colored hack driver. It lists early businesses including Dr. Stafford, Dr. Gills, Dr. Crockett, Greever, merchants like Morton and Freeman, hotels, log houses, churches, the first bank, early stores, a saw mill built by W L Spracher, and post deflation industries such as Graham Supply Co and Graham Grocery Co.
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Fincastle
Tiffany's Store
St. Clair
Harman
Harmans
John and
Ann Mustard Harmans
Valley
Virginia
Edwin Harve
John M
James A. C. Harman
Johnson’s Chapel
East Graham
Bluefield
Elias Hale
John T. Linkous
John
Edward Bane
West Graham
Charles Tabor
Robert G. Crocketts
Jess Franklin
W. L. Spracher
Burks Garden
Meek
Banes
Benbow Place
Thistle Foundry
J. B. Greever
Shelby Heights
California
New York
Grahams
Mr. Sargent
Philadelphia
Fincastle Road
Tazewell Avenue
Graham
Robert A. Miller
Tazewell
Sargent Street
College Avenue
Masonic Building
Stafford
C. W. Greever
Henry Crockett
Graham Hardware
E. Harve Harman
Barnett- Brumfield
Hawkins
Virginia Lumber Company
Cameron
Mitchell
Mitchell Ice Company
Bluestone Bedding Company
J. P. Cameron
Sam Litz
Litz
Keys Planing Mill Company
Hockman
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Col. S. N. Huffard
Frank Roy
Graham Mattress Company
O. A. Metcalfe
J. E. Baylor
Maxey Witten
Bank of Graham
Crockett and Greever Drug and Hardware
S. N. Huffard
Daily Telegraph
Mitchell Enterprises
Walter J. Fink
H. F. and
E. C. Harman
George A. Reynolds
W. L. Sexton
Thistle Foundry & Machine Company
Squire J. Boyd
Graham Hardware Company
J. E. Morton
Sutherland & Crockett
Dr. H. B. Frazier
W. Va
Pleasant Young
J. W. Stafford
Dr. Gills
Grat Crockett
W. B. Morton
John Freeman
Jesse M. McCall
W. L. Nash
Henry
West
William Kell
L. C. Cole
Bank of
J. E. Catron
Lee J. Barbee
MacDonald
Kahle
McCall
J. W. Hicks
Beaver Pond
Dave Spracher
Clinch Valley
Harman Lodge
Chicago House
Chicago
Col. Huffard
Graham Supply Co
Ross Brothers
Isaac Eberly Co
J. S. Davenport
Walters
Williams Son Co
Graham Grocery Co
Early Wool Mill in Tazewell County Destroyed
One of the region’s first wooled mills operated by Major A. J. Tynes at Rocky Dell near Four Way po Gratton was destroyed. The wool wagon collected fleece as far as Princeton in Mercer county and perhaps beyond into Giles county. The mill predated the Civil War.
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Tazewell County
A. J. Tynes
Rocky Dell
Four Way Po Gratton
Princeton
Mercer County
Giles County
Tazewell Cemeteries Maplewood and Jeffersonville Compact
The town maintains two cemeteries Maplewood known as the New cemetery and Jeffersonville called the Old cemetery under an association. Jeffersonville is nearly full while Maplewood grows densely populated. Lot sales and membership fees fund upkeep.
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Tazewell
Maplewood
Jeffersonville
Bluefield Va Population and Town Outlook From 1950 Census
The 1950 census lists Bluefield, Virginia population at 4,204 up 283 from 1940 making it the largest town in Tazewell county until Richlands surpassed it with 4,635 after annexations. The town sits at 2,350 feet, climate shows mean 53.4 F and 41.35 inches of rain annually.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County
Richlands
Virginia
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N&w
Irene Bates
Bluefield Va
Bane
Dudley Land Company
West Graham Land Company
The
Cemetery Association
Crockett Reservation
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western Railway
Thomas Graham
Mr. Graham
Walter Graham
Thomas G
Graham Land and Improvement Company
F. J. Kimball
Graham Furnace Company
Graham Heights
Farly
Wartburg Lutheran Seminary
Graham High School
Sprachers
Andersons
Coles
Gillespies
Greevers
Ritters
C. B. Bailey
Bluefield College
Jesse McCall
Witten Valley
Rawley M. Witten
Bluestone
Falls Mills
S. M. Graham
Squire C. P. Greever
Freemans
A. V. Shells
Yosts
Wade Mason
Sam
Dick Shell
Pete Trigg
Bluestone Traction Company
James F. Gallaway
J. Ray Barnett
Bowen Field
Maple Hill Cemetery
R. H. Witten
W. C. Fitzpatrick
J. M. Smith
R. B. Williamson
H. C. Callaway
K. C. Patty
J. W. Baldwin
J. S. Dudley
R. K. Crockett
W. H. Speed
Carl E. Creasy
E. M. Cecil
R. L. Longworth
G. R. Osborne
R. C. Anderson
J. G. W. Gillespie
J. L. Metcalfe
H. H. Gill
J. H. Huffard
Gillespie
W. N. Lambert
C. P. Painter
Ing
Graham Hotel
Sam Graham
Lee Theater
Eclipse Transfer Co
Benbow
Spracher
Charles Tabors
J. F. Dudley
Dudley
R. K
Miss Betty
Old Johnson's Chapel
Charles Chapel
Ebenezer
Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield, W. Va
Laurence E. Tierney, JR
Wade H. ST. Clair
P._D. WOODS
W.W. Walker
Roland C. Luther
George Richardson, JR
L.C. Fowlkes
L. M. Carper
Keil D. Alderson James T. Patton
G. H. Lawhead
James A. Warden
Thelma F. Parks
C. J. Cheyney
Bailey Lumber Co
L. C
Peerless Coal G Coke Co
E. S. Pedigo
Geo. Richardson, JR
Army
Richardson G Kemper
L. M. Rish
Pres
Bluefield Supply Co
Laurence E. Tierney
Lewis C. Tierney
Premier Pocahontas Collieries
W. W. Walker
Ashland Coal G Coke Co
P. D. Woods
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Virginia Baptists
Seware
Bluefields
Lue
Southwestern Virginia
J. E. Wagner
J. Hudson Huffard
Furnishing Co. Bluefield, Virgini
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