On the evening of Sunday, March 20, 1927, Robert Chapman “Chap” Osborne, a prohibition officer for the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a vehicle suspected of transporting illegal alcohol near the town of Richlands, Virginia. The 46 year-old Tazewell native had been a county prohibition officer for 5 years. As a young man, Osborne [...]
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heroes and villains: robert chapman osborne
October 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · appalachian history
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ain’t life a bitch?
July 18th, 2010 · No Comments · faces and places, musings
A week or so ago, I got a letter from a retired police officer who is interested in leasing the Franklin County farm as his private hunting preserve. You know Franklin County, the moonshine capital of the world. Franklin County, the place Anne said that as beautiful as it is, it will be a cold [...]
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