N&W in 1911--Depot wanted

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
June 18, 1911

THE GRAHAM DAILY NEWS
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Hockman Wants Depot
    The citizens of Hockman want a depot provided for their convenience near the Keys Planing Mill, and it is understood a move is on foot where by the Norfolk and Western will be asked to build a new depot out there for the accommodation of that section of the town.  The people residing in the extreme west end are compelled to haul their freight all the way to the Graham station, and they believe the business of the west end is sufficient to justify the railroad in establishing a freight and passenger station at Hockman.
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[Old Sanborn maps show Keys Planing Mill in west Graham (present-day Bluefield, VA) where the Clinch Valley line turns south to head away from Greever Avenue (present-day Virginia Avenue).  Modern maps show a Hockman Pike nearby.]

Gordon Hamilton
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