This is an unofficial, ad-free, nonprofit, privately owned website created by me, Dickenson County Gal, for my own personal use in showing off my part of the world to friends. THIS SITE IS NOT OWNED BY THE COUNTY.

I have personally researched and written a great many of the articles contained in this site, as well as taken a great many of the photographs myself. But I have also included a number of "link-to" sites already posted on the net which cover topics I was interested in. There are also pages in this site which contain information provided by other individuals. This is noted on the page containing that information.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE YOU CONTACT ME MAKE SURE YOU ARE CONTACTING ME ABOUT THE WEBSITE. Please do not contact me about pages created by other people which I have a link to on this site, or about other people's websites. To tell the difference, look at the bottom of the page. Usually it will tell the contact information for the owner of that page, or the person who contributed the information for that page.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME ABOUT RALPH STANLEY. I do not know when he is playing where, I do not know who is included in his family tree, I do not know what song he recorded when, I do not know his phone number, I do not know the name of the guitar he played in the 1940's, and I do not know his shirt size. My email box "runneth over" with questions about Ralph. While I adore the man and his music, I do not work for him and have no affiliation or personal contact with him. Please, if you wish to contact Ralph or get information about him or his singing engagements, email the contact info on his website at: http://www.drralphstanley.com

Remember, I am only a webmaster. I can only answer questions relating to this website. I do not know which tree will grow best in your backyard, I can not sign up your gospel group to sing at the Breaks Park, I do not know where a Primitive Baptist Church is located in Austin, Texas, I do not know how a community in Buchanan County got its name, I am not interested in investing in an exploration to find Swift's Silver Mine, I do not have any pictures of your Granny's house, and I do not want to buy any curly maple wood.

If you have a question for me relating to this website, then please email me. Otherwise, please find out who you need to direct your question to, and email them.

If you email me regarding something other than the website, your email will not receive a response.

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If you have any suggestions, questions or comments about this website please email me at: dickensoncountygal@dickensoncounty.net

I reserve all rights to the text, artwork, photographs, backgrounds

and graphics within this site which were created by me.