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| Name: | Ross Vaughn |
| E-mail address: | ross.vaughn@bms.com |
| Comments: | Great Site!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | Mike Werbelow |
| E-mail address: | werbieak1969@alaska.com |
| Comments: | Great website!!!!!!! I really enjoyed |
| Name: | Jenifer |
| E-mail address: | lilwife2kids@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I love the dedication of the bridge and the page. I have referred it to MANY people and I am glad to see it doing well. You have a noble cause |
| Name: | Pauline Stegal |
| E-mail address: | ps@hcis.net |
| Comments: | I hope your efforts are successful |
| Name: | Leslie LaLa |
| E-mail address: | Llalal@lsu.edu |
| Comments: | Hey,I love the site...especially the lil construction man...grade=A |
| Name: | Anders |
| E-mail address: | verjigorm@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Spoon,
Nice page...I wish you guys all the luck with this Project! Verj |
| Name: | Joe Muharskey |
| E-mail address: | ndc@mwweb.com |
| Comments: | Great Website Doc!
RD2 U.S. NavyBlack Berets Vietnam |
| Name: | Goden |
| E-mail address: | goden1@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I love your Page Bro!
Sweden |
| Name: | Cynthia Hunt |
| E-mail address: | CHunt10462@aol.com |
| Comments: | Good Job on the Web site! It is informative and interesting.Keep up the good work |
| Name: | Mindy |
| E-mail address: | bluebird@ptd.net |
| Comments: | Dan,
Wonderful Page,and what a terrific dedication... What an Honor for this young man who gave his all! God Bless your project...and those who work on it |
| Name: | Bader M. Ali |
| E-mail address: | aclassy@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Doc,
you did a Great Job ! Beautiful site! Kuwait |
| Name: | Cora Robertson Duncan |
| E-mail address: | jazzie27@pennyryle.net |
| Comments: | Danny,
Keep up the good work |
| Name: | Phil G. "Doc" Smith |
| E-mail address: | peace@newnorth.net |
| Comments: | Spoon,Awesome!! Will Network to my entire Veteran and Corporate friends.God Speed...Gabriel,Raphael,
Micheal,and your Guardian are with you(2Cori:8) Welcome Home Bro... a member of the last Patrol Phil |
| Name: | Tim L.Hardtkez |
| E-mail address: | peace@newnorth.net |
| Comments: | Spoon,
Only a"groundswell" of American Public Support can achieve Victory.Excellent project! Land O Lakes, Wisconsin VFW Post 8400 101st Airborne Div. 2nd Bn./327th Inf RVN 1969-71 |
| Name: | "richard vaughn" |
| E-mail address: | pavaugh@kin.net |
| Comments: | Danny,
Keep up the good work..It is Wonderful! Richard Vaughn |
| Name: | "Robert Yoder" |
| E-mail address: | rjyoder@fuse.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://homepage.mac.com/rjyoder/ |
| Comments: | Hi,
I'm the webmaster for Preservation Kentucky. www.preservationkentucky.org I found out about your website and put a link to it from our site. In Newport we're working onsaving the L&N Railroad Bridge, so I understand the effort your undertaking. Best of Luck Robert Yoder 510 Monroe st. Newport,Ky. 41071 859-459-2193 |
| Name: | "GARYMOORE" |
| E-mail address: | gmoore61@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Hey Dan,
Just checked out your website and I really think it was awesome. I enjoyed it...as you know my father is from Blackford. You all have done a great job. I will recommend it to all my friends. See you at the store Ramona |
| Name: | "slapecountry" |
| E-mail address: | slapecountry@t-online.ae |
| Comments: | Doc,
Great site! You did a great job! A+ website! Dianne |
| Name: | Jerry/Norma Frazier |
| E-mail address: | jnf998@webtv.net |
| Comments: | Hello,
I am married to the neice of Thomas Raye Robertson which is the daughter of Robert Robertson. I am very impressed with not only the implementation of the bridge,but with the website itself...Beautiful graphics!!! God Bless your efforts! Sincerely, Jerry Frazier Sturgis,ky. |
| Name: | "heady" |
| E-mail address: | timheady@kin.net |
| Comments: | Hey Uncle Danny,
Great website! Allison and I really enjoyed reading the information about the bridge. Mom has told us how hard you've worked to get this project off the ground. Best of Luck Heady |
| Name: | Patrick Kennedy |
| E-mail address: | Patrick.Kennedy@mail.state.ky.us |
| Comments: | Mr. Witherspoon,
After our earlier communication,as you prepared the application for this bridge I lost track of you. Your article indicates work may have already begun. Has this project been contracted with the transportation cabinet? I will check to see as it may cause problems with reimbursement if you begin work before the contract is signed. I will continue to monitor the project as it proceeds. Good luck on your second application and congratulations on receiving the funding to get started. Do not hesitate to contact me If I can help in any way. Patrick Kennedy Restoration Project Manager Kentucky Heritage Council 300 Washington St Frankfort,Ky. 40601 502-564-7005 X 138 http://www.kyheritage.org |
| Name: | Mr. Wayne Willson(USAFR retired) |
| E-mail address: | willsonw@apex.net |
| Comments: | Danny,
I saw your webpage of the Blackford Bridge. Have you ever thought of putting the poem "The Bridge Builder" in the web page?I think that the individual who spent hour upon hours in this project should have his name and address somewhere on this webpage. I also thought that a map showing how to get to the bridge from each county might be something that could be in the web page. Keep on and there is no way to stop putting things in the web page. Wayne Willson |
| Name: | Victoria McGaw |
| E-mail address: | victoryq@apex.net |
| Comments: | Danny,
I finally got the chance to look at the site. It is beautifully presented & colorized. My hats off to the site setters. I will explore the other site options later.Most impressed!!!! Victoria McGaw Ladies Aux.5484 |
| Name: | Mary Calypso |
| E-mail address: | MariCalypso@aol.com |
| Comments: | hi
I am very much enjoying this page...have not finished reading it yet. I find myself going over it again and again..It is fantastic!!! so much information! Mary |
| Name: | Lindy Adamson |
| E-mail address: | ladamson2000@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Danny!
I am a great niece of Thomas Raye Robertson and I believe what you have done for my great uncle is wonderful. It is great to know that he will be remembered in the town of Blackford forever. I am sure you have gotten many emails from the Robertson family,but I know it doesn't hurt to get another. I didn't know my great Uncle,but I am sure he was a great man. I have talked to my grandmother Thelma about him and she has told me a little and I have learned some more from your website. Thanks for all you have done for our family in order to keep the bridge where it is today. Thanks from the bottom of my heart! Thomas Raye Robertson's Great Niece Lindy Starr Adamson |
| Name: | Ronnie D. Heady |
| E-mail address: | RonnieD.Heady@mail.state.ky.us |
| Comments: | Danny,
The website looks nice. Have you visited my page www.crittendenpva.com ? If you would like I can add a link for your page to my website. Also..talk to the Crittenden Press and they would probably add a link from their site also. Let me know if you need anything. Ronnie Heady |
| Name: | "Daryl K. Tabor" |
| E-mail address: | pressnews@apex.net |
| Comments: | Brent,
I just visited the Blackford Bridge on the internet.Nice Page! I think this will be a big hit and now your mission has gone global. Way to Go! Daryl |
| Name: | "Jane Plum" |
| E-mail address: | janeplumb@dynasty.net |
| Comments: | Danny,Enjoyed your webpage concerning the Blackford Bridge Project.I really didn't realize at one time Blackford was such a bustling little town.It really is a shame it was devastated by the 37 flood. I sure hope the bridge project will become a reality. I am anxiously looking forwqard to at least walking across the bridge in the near future. I know you have spent many hours on this endeavor and I am very appreciative.
Best of luck to you in your future endeavors. Jane(Fuller)Plum |
| Name: | "Mark Heady" |
| E-mail address: | markheady@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Dear Danny,
We just logged into the website. It was a interesting and valuable history lesson on the bridge.We also appreciated the memorial that was included!You are doing a great job of keeping this project alive and well. If it weren't for you our family probably wouldn't have had a shortcut to the old homeplace. Many an afternoon and a few mornings we have treked across the bridge. It is a special Landmark to those of us who remember it from childhood and still use it today. Thanks again!!!!! Mark & Deb |
| Name: | Thelma M. Kitchen Robertson |
| E-mail address: | the18@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | To the editor:
I used to live out from Marionin 1930-31 on the old Watsonfarm behind the Old Summersville Spar Mines. The Blackford Bridge Project which your paper has covered,is surely one that will really happen. It's a very worthy cause,allowing the Webster Countians to get to a nearby Hospital,Doctors,Fire Department and Shopping. Also, (Korean War MIA) Thomas Raye Robertson, for whom the adjoining roads to be named was my Brother-in-law. Thelma M. Kitchen Robertson Sturgis,ky. |
| Name: | Mrs. Eloise Scott |
| E-mail address: | pressnews@apex.net |
| Comments: | Dear Mr. Witherspoon,
I hope you can save your Railroad Bridge.I walked on those railroad ties when I was about 8 years old,holding tightly to my Dad's hand.Looking down at that water was frightening,I've dreamed of it since that time. My father was born in Blackford or near there. Thomas Leslie "Boss Scott",My mother was Zeta Samuel Scott born & raised in Crittenden County. My first cousin was the late Donald Elmore Samuels who also resided in Crittenden county.Has anyone contacted the National Preservation Society or the Rails to Trails group? I'm a Civil war buff,my grandson is a reenactorfor the north and studied to be a museum curator.Has anyone enlisted help from other people,women's groups,anything? My Dad was proud of that old bridge. He worked for C&I RailRoad in Evansville Ind. He loved trains and "engines".My cousin sent me the clipping because I ask about the "trestle". Even though I was born in Evansville,I consider Ky. my home. I left Ky. in 39 and Evansville in 48. I'm 71 years old,Well I wish you luck! Here in Florida there are Simple road signs along the road where they once had RailRoad Station's..It's sad! Elois Scott P.O. Box 234 McClenny,Fla. 32063 |
| Name: | Timmie L. Ballard |
| E-mail address: | iceheart@inland.net |
| Comments: | My name is ..Timmie L. Ballard............ I reside in ..Menifee, CA................
I have been reading with much interest about the > Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second > chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. > We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much > of our country's history and it need not be. > On behalf of Marion.Ky and all of your citizens we > support > Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge |
| Name: | Diane and Fred Slape |
| E-mail address: | slape@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | Diane and Fred Slape Phenix City, Alabama |
| Name: | Cindy Thebeau |
| E-mail address: | cyndialee@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | My name is Cindy Thebeau
I reside in La Vernia, Texas I have been reading with much interest about the Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much of our country's history and it need not be. I am a social studies teacher, and I teach my students that history must be preserved for the future! On behalf of Marion.Ky and all of your citizens we support Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge. Cindy Thebeau |
| Name: | Angela Weaver |
| E-mail address: | WEAV3366@aol.com |
| Comments: | My name is .............. <=Angela Weaver
I reside in .................. <===Ft. Benning, Ga I have been reading with much interest about the Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much of our country's history and it need not be. On behalf of Marion.Ky and all of your citizens we support Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge. |
| Name: | Trevis Kelley |
| E-mail address: | fred_can_fly@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I have been reading with much interest about the
> Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second > chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. > We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much > of our country's history and it need not be. > On behalf of Marion.Ky and all of your citizens we > support Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge. > ===== Your good friend, Trevis |
| Name: | Carol Kelley |
| E-mail address: | carol_kelley@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | My name is Carol kelley
I reside in Manhattan, Kansas I have been reading with much interest about the Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much of our country's history and it need not be. On behalf of Marion. Ky and all of your citizens we support Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge. Thank you, Carol Kelley |
| Name: | Mary A. Sly |
| E-mail address: | calypso@pacifier.com |
| Comments: | My name is -- Mary Sly
I reside in -- Vancouver,Washington I have been reading with much interest about the Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much of our country's history and it need not be. On behalf of Marion.Ky and all of your citizens we support Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge. Mary A. Sly |
| Name: | Larry Gillespie |
| E-mail address: | visntech@lewiston.com |
| Comments: | I have been reading with much interest about the
Blackford Bridge that is hopefully going to be given a second chance by your town. This has sparked interst all over the country. We Americans NEED to keep our history Intact. We lose so much of our country's history and it need not be. On behalf of Marion.Ky and all of your citizens we support Brent Witherspoon in an effort to save this Bridge |
| Name: | Debra Meadows |
| E-mail address: | debdoyal@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Danny, Great job. You put a lot of work & love in this. I really enjoyed the history. Thanks, Debra |
| Name: | Bob Meadows |
| E-mail address: | rbmeadows@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Dan, You did a great job, keep it up. Bob |
| Name: | Thelma Robertson |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | DAN,This is very interresting site. a lot of history & memories ,you know what I mean ,It means a lot to Tommy's family .
You are doing a Great job, God Riches Blessings |
| Name: | Perry |
| E-mail address: | nunyabidness@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | nice page, doc |
| Name: | SgtWyatt |
| E-mail address: | scott@intd.net |
| Comments: | Hey Doc! I really like the changes you've made to the site. The navigation is a lot cleaner and it's looking great. Keep up the excellent work! |
| Name: | Packrat |
| E-mail address: | grunt007@usol.com |
| Comments: | Nice job Doc, I was here before and I told you I really liked the job which you have done here but I guess I forgot to sighn in so here I am to tell you that it's greaaaat!!!!!!! |
| Name: | DG |
| E-mail address: | looneytexan@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.geocities.com/knucklebusta |
| Comments: | Hey, Dusty, great page there with excellent content! Well done! |
| Name: | Roy Stanford |
| E-mail address: | rstanford@nyc.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://amtracer.tripod.com |
| Comments: | I think this site ROCKS. You have done a fantastic job working with FRAMES here. Your pages load immediately and more importantly, you have a lot to say on each link. I'm glad that I found this website which is now bookmarked for future viewing. Obviously I have only visited a few of your links but will return later when I have the time. Keep up the GREAT work and thanks for providing such a valuable page. |
| Name: | Mary Sly |
| E-mail address: | Maricalipso@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Brent ....aka Dustoffdoc
this is excellent.!!!! absolutly wonderful!! so much history .so much information..... thanks for the invite to see your page... your ole fren... Mary |
| Name: | DG |
| Comments: | Great page there. Keeps getting better every time! Good work! |
| Name: | Roy Stanford |
| E-mail address: | rstanford@nyc.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://amtracer.tripod.com/ |
| Comments: | That's one FANTASTIC website. I followed and read your links on your homepage and not only is the layout of your site professional looking, your poem is very appropriately moving. I'd like to place this website in my Vietnam Vets...Welcome Home "links" section. Keep building them bridges and thanks for the tour. |
| Name: | Wayne Willson |
| E-mail address: | willsonw@apex.net |
| Comments: | The Blackford Bridge will continue to live on and tell the history of Blackford. Thanks to Danny Witherspoon |
| Name: | Dan Fornear |
| E-mail address: | dan4near@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Great site! Keep up the good work, we need people helping to keep these kind of projects going. |
| Name: | ar |
| Name: | Arnold Merritt |
| E-mail address: | amerritt@vci.net |
| Comments: | Great site, as children going to blackford via the railroad track was a big adventure for us. We would go accross our back fields to Hoods creek which runs under the RR track about where the rock querry is on Hwy 60. between Rosebud hill and Mattoon. Make a whole day moving our bicycles off the track when a train would come by. Wonderful memories crossing tradewater bridge at black ford, KY.
Great site and great memories. Thanks for your work. |
| Name: | Vietnam Veterans Of America |
| E-mail address: | dspoon@vci.net |
| Comments: |
Greetings, The Blackford Railroad Bridge is a century old link between Webster and Crittenden counties. Having been abandoned and fallen in disrepair, the old bridge was slated for demolition.Thanks in Large part to Brenton Witherspoon the Demolition was Cancelled! A grant to restore the Bridge is now Pending. In the future,the Blackford Railroad Bridge will become a Pedestrian Walkway and Emergency Traffic Corridor. Thank You Mr. Witherspoon for your efforts and proving one man can make a difference. We at Chapter 337 Salute you! Thanks again, VVA Editor Tom Rundle chapter 337 Paducah, Ky.42002 |
| Name: | Sen.Paul Herron,Jr. |
| E-mail address: | paul.herron@irc.state.ky.us |
| Comments: |
Dear Mr.Witherspoon, After receiving your phone call in regard to the Blackford Memorial Bridge Project, I visited your website and was pleased to know you have this information available for everyone to see. You are to be commended for your dedication to this project aqnd the time you have committed to seeing it completed. From the time you have approached me about this venture, I have supported your efforts. I will continue to work to assist you in anyway possible to see this endeavor completed.Please keep me apprised of your progress and let me know whenever I can be of any assistance to you. Again,good luck with this project and I look forward to attending the ribbon cutting ceremony upon completion. Sincerely, Paul Herron State Senator Editor's note: Sen. Herron was an original signer on the Petition to "Save the Bridge." We are deeply honored and greatful for his support! |
| Name: | phoenix20 |
| Comments: | This webpage made me smile... Loved it! Very cool! |
| Name: | phoenix20 |
| Comments: | This webpage made me smile... Loved it! Well done! |
| Name: | destiny witherspoon |
| E-mail address: | goodloe@henderson.net |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed your website grandpa spoon!!!!
lOVE, DESTINY P.S. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!!!! |
| Name: | Darrel W. Little |
| E-mail address: | littled4@Prodigy.Net |
| Comments: | I am from the Mattoon Community. Wife from the Nunn Switch community. Now live in Bloomington, In |
| Name: | Kris Buchanan |
| E-mail address: | pherla_420@yahoo |
| Name: | Bobbie McHone |
| Comments: | Thank you for all you have done |
| Name: | Reta J. Robertson |
| E-mail address: | Retabridge@aol.com |
| Comments: | It was my privilege recently to meet Jimmy Witherspoon and talk with him regarding the railroad bridge project at Blackford, Kentucky. Tom Robertson was a cousin of mine and we spent many hours in the fields at Blackford as he and I were growing up. Although I lived in Indiana for most of my life and currently reside in Michigan I remember all too well the humor, compassion and stories related to me by Tom. I visited Fort Knox with my parents in 1950 to see Tommy only to be informed he was shipped out 2 hours previously. Sadly we never got to see him again. Thanks for all you are doing for this project. |
| Name: | Lana Robertson |
| E-mail address: | lana @rushingfinancial.com |
| Comments: | I am a second cousin to Private First Class Thomas Robertson. I am with my mother right now. learning about our history. I am very proud you have chosen my 2nd cousin for such an honor.
Thank you |
| Name: | Tina W. Clarke |
| E-mail address: | ky_blue_girl@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | My favorite childhood memories, were just across the train bridge, in Crittenden county. Growing up in Blackford, meant crossing the bridge, on horse, motorcycle or by walking. Getting a horse to cross the bridge was taking one's life in your own hands. I called myself brave, looking back maybe young and stupid fit's the definition better.
Mrs. Olene Heady used to invite the children of Blackford to attend the revival services at the little country church across the bridge. Several of us would cross the bridge to attend the services, mainly so we could walk home after dark on the bridge. (normally we were not allowed on it after dark.) Even though we had heard stories about being on the bridge after dark, we knew nothing could harm us, because after all, we had just left church. My favorite memories of the bridge don't involve just the structure, but the people I grew up with in a little town called Blackford. Things never stay the same except in our memories. Tina (Gass) Clarke |
| Name: | SHIRLEY GOTT |
| E-mail address: | GOTTDS1@AOL.COM |
| Name: | DAVID SHRODE |
| E-mail address: | SHRO27@AOL.COM |
| Comments: | I LIVED IN BLACKFORD AS A YOUNGSTER WITH MY MOTHER LEAH DAUGHTER OF VERNE HARROD WHO WAS POSTMASTER FOR MANY YRS. HARLAN CROWELL WAS MY GREATGRANDFATHER. I HAVE BEEN TO BLACKFORD ON 12-22-02 DIDNT SEE ANY PROGRESS ON RESTORATION OF BRIDGE. I SWAM IN THE TRADEWATER RIVER UNDER THE BRIDGE AS A YOUNGSTER AND JUMPED FROM THE BRIDGE WHEN THE WATER WAS HIGH ENOUGH. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN BLACKFORD HAD AS MANY AS 4 STORES A DEPOT AND POST OFFICE. NOW NOTHING. MAKES ME SAD. GOOD LUCK |
| Name: | Bettye Litchfield Vaughan |
| E-mail address: | bettyelv@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I was extremely pleased that someone is trying to preserve old memories of Blackford. My father, Louis Chesteen Litchfield, Sr. was raised in Blackford and I hope to contact any Litchfield decendents someday. Thank you for your dedication. |
| Name: | Thelma , Robert Robertson & Family |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Oh! Danny
This is a GREAT SITE very nicly done .I know your Son is a good helper. We THANK YOU very much .WE All miss our Brother & Uncle Thomas! The R.C. Robertson Sr. Family |
| Name: | Justin Kirk |
| E-mail address: | kirkju@chelseaindustries.com |
| Comments: | Great site!!! Wish I had something to do with it. Keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Cindy |
| E-mail address: | onefabian@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
I am so touched by the spirit & the poignancy involved in this endeavor. And am moved to congratulate those responsible for this effort, knowing how honored are this vet's family to this tribute to his memory and the honor it bestows on the highest gift a person can give to his/her country & it's posterity. < S M I L E > |
| Name: | CARMEN CIAMPA |
| E-mail address: | VIETMAN159@AOL.COM |
| Comments: | SPOON:
MY NAME IS CHAMP ,I AM A VIETNAM VETERAN AND DAMM PROUD OF IT TO.THIS PROJECT WHEN WE GET IT DONE,(NOT TRYING TO GET DONE)WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO ALL AMERICANS NOT JUST VETERANS,WE ARE A NATION AND PEOPLE OF ONE WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AND PERSERVEING PEACE. COMPLETEING THIS PROJECT WILL BE A WALK IN THE PARK IF ALL ENVOLVED TRUELY FEEL A NATION OF ONE,SHOW ARE YOUNG PEOPLE BY OUR ACTIONS WHAT VETERANS MEAN TO OUR COUNTRY. |
| Name: | Mabel (Graves) Lancaster |
| E-mail address: | mlanc38@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.blackfordky.com |
| Comments: | You have done a great job in putting this web site together. I was very impressed with the story of Tommy Robinson as he was my neighbor. I was only 11 years old when he went off to war, I remember when he left.
When I was in 2nd grade in Mrs. Ola Johnson's class she had pictures on the steroscope (3d)that I used to look at. One of my favorites was the swing bridge that used to be in Blackford prior to the stationary bridge that is there now. The bridge would swing perpendicular with the river so the barges going up or downstream could pass through. The barges were used to haul logs to the sawmill and lumber from the sawmill (that was located upstream from the Ford somewhere in the vicintiy of the Blackford Cemetery but accross the river). The barges would go back down Tradewater River to the Ohio River at Caseyville, Ky. This I learned from school as well as my father Willie Graves. |
| Name: | Bonnie Graves Pugh |
| E-mail address: | bpugh@direcway.com |
| Name: | Mickey Alexander |
| E-mail address: | mayormic@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Brent, saw the story in the Paducah Sun this morning. Congratulations on receiving the funding for this project. I know you have worked hard.
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| Name: | Daisy Baldwin |
| E-mail address: | BLackheels2@hotmail.com |
| Name: | Bealinda Stoner |
| E-mail address: | bealindas@webtv.net |
| Name: | Bealinda |
| E-mail address: | bealindas@webtv.net |
| Comments: | It's a real blessing to know you care enough about our service men and women to honor them with your project. Danny your an inspiration to all who are fortunate enough to know you. Your in our prayers. |
| Name: | Thelma M. Robertson |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Danny
I know just how much this means to you. and how much hourly time you have spent, surly the finish time is near! May Gods RICHES Blessing be with you I wish it could have been finish last summer so our Dear could have been able to ride the road,but God knows best !Robert c.Robertson sure would have like to rode on the Fire Truck.to the other side Take Care and Keep up the GREAT WORK !!!!! |
| Name: | Jim Tuohey |
| E-mail address: | jim2ee@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Spoony, you have always had a golden heart and that your love and dedication to every project you are connected to will be realized because it positively effects people. |
| Name: | Lowell Gene Childress |
| E-mail address: | lgc32738@apex.net |
| Comments: | I read in the paper that we are going to get the money. Lowell |
| Name: | danny bucher |
| E-mail address: | dan1mari2@msn.com |
| Comments: | get em spoon--danny |
| Name: | Steve Lane |
| E-mail address: | steve@windycityflyers.com |
| Comments: | Hey Spoon; looks like a worthy project to me. Keep up the good work... Steve
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| Name: | James David Starkey |
| E-mail address: | jds21@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I own property in Blackford that was passed down from my mother, Marguerite (McCarthy) Starkey. My uncle, Marion McCarthy was a Statesman for the State of Kentucky. |
| Name: | Maria Teresa Lucas |
| E-mail address: | Sammie lucas@msn.com |
| Comments: | Danny, I knew you when we were both attending Blackford School. You are to be commended on your efforts in the restoration of the Blackford Railroad Bridge. The utilitarion and the environmental impact on the region will be a great enhancement to the community.
Remembering a POW/MIA is a top priority on my list, as I live daily with a reminder of war and one who has not returned home . All of our Vets should be remembered, and you are doing the correct thing by honoring them. A little bit of Blackford history- two first cousins, living side by side in Blackford were killed in WW11, one , by the name of Perry, the other, Ringo. Blackford has always honored its own, and were always proud of the sacricices made. Bless you for your dedication. |
| Name: | Terri Driver |
| E-mail address: | teddiewor@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I grew up in Crittenden County and have been in Indiana for the last 12 yrs. No matter what Marion will always be home. |
| Name: | Norma (Robertson)Frazier |
| E-mail address: | Thel8@Bellsoth.net |
| Comments: | Looking forward to going across the bridge,thanks to all for their contributions in making this project a reality! |
| Name: | Fred Brown |
| Name: | thel8 & norma |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | danny your are very specail in our eyes THANKS VERY MUCH!!!!!!!! for all the HARD WORK you have done for our family member thelma& norma |
| Name: | Chet Crump |
| E-mail address: | dustoff11m@vietnamdustoff.org |
| Comments: | Great job Spoon. Look forward to meeting you in person one day.
Chet Roi |
| Name: | Richard A. Vaughn |
| E-mail address: | rvon2378@aol.com |
| Name: | Joyce Robertson |
| E-mail address: | jrob35@ziggycom.net |
| Comments: | Good luck and GOD BLESS you Danny.
What You are doing is wonderful. |
| Name: | Paul L Pickart |
| E-mail address: | Mysterian@juno.com |
| Comments: | Spoon: Thank you and your members for the excellent work on the bridge preservation and military memorial for your communties. May it too come to life and be a lasting use and tribute. Good luck! Paul L Pickart, 247th Dustoff. |
| Name: | Richard A. Vaughn |
| E-mail address: | pavon2378@aol.com |
| Name: | Gwen Gass Wilson |
| E-mail address: | gwilson@vci.net |
| Comments: | WONDERFUL |
| Name: | Jordan Turner |
| E-mail address: | wck19832004@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | As a native of Webster County, I think what you are doing is great. Keep it up, no matter what! |
| Name: | Jerry Gebhardt |
| E-mail address: | gebhardt334@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I just want to congradulate my Viet Nam buddy Spoon for all the great work that he has accomplished on (our) Veteran's Walk of Honor.
Great work Spoon. |
| Name: | Garry Barber |
| E-mail address: | gbarber@mchsi.com |
| Name: | Jordan Gass |
| E-mail address: | the4jsinky@AOL.com |
| Comments: | there was some really good work done on the bridge
I am the son of Jimmy Dale Gass and Jackie H Gass. I walk across that bridge all the time. I am able to because i live on blackford sullivan rd. It runs into the railway. I just wanted to say that it is very nice. local resident Jordan Gass |
| Name: | Richard D.Parmenter |
| E-mail address: | rdparmenter@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Spoon,
Great website and as a brother-in-arms, I know how dedicated in Nam you were, so I know what this project means to you. Carry-on, my brother and good luck. I hope to see you soon. Take Care. Richard |
| Name: | Drewchief |
| E-mail address: | rdrew76@msn.com |
| Comments: | Great job DOC ,I will try to vist in the spring, I'll buy you lunch.
Randy 45th and 159th 67/ 68 |
| Name: | Harold W. Crowell |
| E-mail address: | hwcrowell@vci.net |
| Comments: | I am very impressed with the project,also the memorial looks very good |
| Name: | FRANK L. VINCENT |
| E-mail address: | GOLFFRANK@SIGECOM.NET |
| Comments: | THANKS FOR CONTINUING THE TRADITION, ONE VETERAN HELPING ANOTHER, THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE LIFE. GOD BLESS.
KEEP ON KEEPING ON. ONE DAY AT A TIME. |
| Name: | Taylor, Glenn F. |
| E-mail address: | g1tay1@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Remembering the reception We I got upon our return from Southeast Asia. It does my heart good and pay's Honor to all who fought and remembers those who paid the ultimate price in the name of freedom. You Will Not Be Forgotten
Glenn F. Taylor, TSGT USAF/USAF-Res |
| Name: | kathy v hoppel (robertson) |
| E-mail address: | kykat42459@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | ty all |
| Name: | kathy v hoppel (robertson) |
| E-mail address: | kykat42459@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | ty danny this is thelma robert robertson girl kathy ty so much |
| Name: | Destiny |
| E-mail address: | volleyball_gurl_2006@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed this website. It is well created... I hope you go very far with this project and that it recieves the well do respect it deserves!
Sincerely, Destiny Goodloe |
| Name: | Sue Greer Clark |
| E-mail address: | sueclark@mchsi.com |
| Comments: | I just learned of the Blackford Bridge project. Wonderful!And I remember Danny Witherspoon as I grew up in Blackford. I was a junior in high school when Tommy Robertson was a senior. We had a lot of fun riding the school bus together from Wheatcroft High School.
Can't wait to see the Bridge. Congratulations. |
| Name: | Dennis Fuller |
| E-mail address: | Dadbf@aol.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for doing the project.
Dennis Fuller |
| Name: | Terry Fedosky |
| E-mail address: | Author98ky@aol.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed the site. I consider this one of "my" bridges, as I am currently researching structures of the American Bridge Co. Good luck with the project. I'll visit again. |
| Name: | Ken & Susie Middleton |
| E-mail address: | skmiddle@adelphia.net |
| Comments: | Great Job! We plan to see you on th 27'th! Keep up the good work. |
| Name: | joe paris |
| E-mail address: | medasirap2@wk.net |
| Name: | Joe Brantley |
| E-mail address: | jbran@sc.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// Mr. Witherspoon |
| Comments: | WE are coming from Columbia, SC to participate in this event and are eagerly anticipating it. My Great Grandfather, Thomas Ann Brantley, made the hand hewn pews that were used in Oak Grove Church. Now that they have been replaced,I would like to purchase one and I have a cousin that would like one also. Can you please tell me who has them and if they will sell them? If they are available I will drive to Ky in a pickup truck.
Your help would be greatly appreciated. Joe Brantley |
| Name: | Debbie-Kaye (Litchfield) Drake |
| E-mail address: | debbiedrake45@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.prayeristheanswer.com |
| Comments: | My sister, Connie, forwarded me this site about our old hometown. I was born in Blackford, KY in 1956 and our family moved to California in 1967, where we still are today. Both my parents, Marx Lenten Litchfield, and Reba Frances Martin and most, if not all four, of my grandparents were born in Blackford. In my mind, it is as it was in 1967, but it appears there have been some changes for the better. We lived on a road adjacent to the railroad tracks and around the corner from the old Baptist and Methodist churches. At the other side of our home down the road towards the post office was "Ringo's" store. John Dye was our great uncle, who was married to my grandfather's (William H. Martin) sister, Nancy. I remember walking across the railroad bridge as a tiny child and being afraid I would fall through the "slats" in the bridge to the river/rocks below. I hope to someday bring my sons, who are now young adults, to Blackford to show them their ancestor's and mother's birthplace. Thanks for the website. It really touches my heart. Sincerely, Debbie-Kaye Drake |
| Name: | Bonnie R. Gass |
| E-mail address: | brgass@vci.net |
| Comments: | Great site!! Thank you for all the hard work you've done to preserve this bridge. I appreciate what you've done and the best of luck for continued success...you deserve it!!!! |
| Name: | Gerald Johnson Cowan |
| E-mail address: | hewcow@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | Howdy:
I find this information to be very useful and quite informative. Why? Because I was born March 12, 1934, back behind the firstation on the old Prow farm. I certainly wish that I was able to attend the dedication coming up soon. Have a good program and I ask that you keep me informed as much as you possibly can. Your Cuz, Gerald "Jerry" Cowan, CW2 Ret. U.S. Army |
| Name: | Thelma Robertson |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | God Bless & keep you.
Danny you have indeed done a great job. and done it we!!!!! You know our family loves you. and I do too. |
| Name: | Thelma Robertson |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | WELL DANNY YOU HAD YOUR DAY ! WAS AGREAT ONE WELL DONE.
JUST HAD SIGN YOUR BOOK. BUT HAD ADD THIS I KNOW EVERY ONE INJOY THEIR SELF. I DID. MAYBE WEBSTER COUNTRY WILL DO SOMETHING FOR THE BRIDGE!!! |
| Name: | Thelma Robertson |
| E-mail address: | thel8@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I just sign your book but had to add this .
The program it surly Honored Our Veterans. The Dinner in their honor very nice Thanks to you & Allthat HELP!!!11 Was very touching when you spoke about Thomas Robertson He will never beForgotten!! |
| Name: | Ken & Susie Middleton |
| E-mail address: | skmiddle@adelphia.net |
| Comments: | We really enjoyed the dedication. You have done a great job with the Memorial and we are so happy that you managed to get the names of my Father and our Son on the memorial in time for the dedication.
Many Thanks and God Bless! Ken |
| Name: | Grace |
| E-mail address: | grace@juno.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://adodara.batcave.net/tetracycline/ |
| Comments: | I came here from http://adodara.batcave.net/tetracycline/ You have cool guestbook, interesting information... Keep it UP. excellent site i really like your stuff. This site http://adodara.batcave.net/tetracycline/ is also great! |
| Name: | Crystal Burton Lilly |
| E-mail address: | clilly74@cfl.rr.com |
| Comments: | This is such a great way to honor our vets. Thank you!! |
| Name: | Philip G. Smith |
| E-mail address: | none |
| Comments: | I'm sorry I missed the dedication this past Memorial Day 2006. An invitation from the Kentuckian who saved my life in Vietnam, Brenton "Dan" Witherspoon, was an honorable invitation from him personally. I visited the Blackford Bridge personally with Dan after our 35 year reunion in 2003 and shared the immensity of this American Hero Soldiers dream to connect this road for community medical emergency services on behalf of the people of Kentucky.Dreams do come true for those who believe wholeheartedly of their convictions to assist to the needs of others. I hope to walk across this bridge once before I pass from this earth. |
| Name: | Annabelle walker |
| E-mail address: | walker_an@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | wonderful |
| Name: | Darlene Jones |
| E-mail address: | darlene.jones@conus.army.mil |
| Comments: | I enjoyed reading the poem, history and updates about the Memorial Bridge and Veterans Walk of Honor. I feel the presentation was done in a superb manner.
I feel this is a good tourist attraction for the area. Many HOO-HA's to Dan Witherspoon!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | brant green |
| E-mail address: | brant_2009@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | the new bridge is great and used frequently by the citizens of blackford everyone here appericates what this has done for our community as a whole and i would like to thank EVERYONE involved in this project because you got to remember it was not built by one man it was built by many citizens as team and decicated to all of our veterens, its a honor to be a resident in blackford and have a great deal of hertiage from here also so from all the people from blackford we thank all involved. |
| Name: | Ray & Jeanne Blackford |
| E-mail address: | blackford@neb-sandhills.net |
| Comments: | Our son is a pilot at Ft Campbell and he found the town of Blackford on a map when he was plotting a mission - since our last name is Blackford we traveled up to find the town.
What a wonderful blessing and surprise to find the War Memorial and Walk of Honor - We commend your organization and especially the students who made this a reality |
| Name: | Greg Omer |
| E-mail address: | greg@acesmidwest.com |
| Comments: | I grew up in Blackford. My fondest childhood memories all take place in or around that wonderful little town. |