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Margaret Beach talks about her experiences when she and her husband Harold ran the Field House for 19 years.
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Margaret Beach talks about her experiences when she and her husband Harold ran the Field House for 19 years.
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Margaret Beach has plenty of photos from the time when she and her husband Harold ran the Field House for 19 years.
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The Miss USA pageant was held at the Memorial Field House.
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Mel Gillispie talks with former teen idol Troy Donahue.
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Ed Lancaster had a big band in Huntington in the 1950s that played a lot at Dreamland. Here they are playing at the Memorial Field House.
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Ronnie Milsap performs April 8, 1978, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Ronnie Milsap performs April 8, 1978, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Joan Hydloft performed at the Memorial Field House as part of a ice show.
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Odey Crabtree is seen in this 1954 publicity photo.
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Odey Crabtree and his sister Retha Crabtree Neal were invited to play on the national Horace Heidt show in 1952.
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Odey Crabtree, a singer for WSAZ-TV married Helen Clark at the Memorial Field House on Sept. 2, 1955.
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Odey Crabtree, a singer for WSAZ-TV married Helen Clark at the Memorial Field House on Sept. 2, 1955.
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Odey Crabtree, a singer for WSAZ-TV married Helen Clark at the Memorial Field House on Sept. 2, 1955.
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This photo shows the 1959 Huntington Golden Gloves Champions. Pictured are: Buck Gooderham, Joey Stevenson, Melvin Fulgham, Ottie Adkins, Don Young, Junior Taylor, Gene Young, and Herman Childers. Golden Gloves tournaments often were held at the Memorial Field House.
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Ottie Adkins takes down an opponent during the 1958 Golden Gloves at the Memorial Field House.
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Hank Williams Jr. performs July 24, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Hank Williams Jr. performs July 24, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Tammy Wynette performs June 5, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Tammy Wynette performs June 5, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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George Jones performs Feb. 26, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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George Jones performs Feb. 26, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Alabama performs Oct. 16, 1981, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Alabama performs Oct. 16, 1981, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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The Oak Ridge Boys and Tanya Tucker perform March 14, 1980, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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The Oak Ridge Boys and Tanya Tucker perform March 14, 1980, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Kenny Rogers performs March 16, 1979, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Kenny Rogers performs March 16, 1979, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Kenny Rogers performs March 16, 1979, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Kenny Rogers performs March 16, 1979, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Kenny Rogers performs March 16, 1979, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Ronnie McDowell and his backup singers prepare to sing at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington on Aug. 16, 1978.
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Christian artist and Kenova native Michael W. Smith performs April 10, 1987, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Christian artist and Kenova native Michael W. Smith performs April 10, 1987, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Christian artist and Kenova native Michael W. Smith performs April 10, 1987, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Christian artist and Kenova native Michael W. Smith performs April 10, 1987, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Christian artist and Kenova native Michael W. Smith performs April 10, 1987, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Christian artist and Kenova native Michael W. Smith performs April 10, 1987, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Amy Grant performs Sept. 28, 1984, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Amy Grant performs Sept. 28, 1984, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Alabama performs Aug. 22, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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Alabama performs Aug. 22, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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George Jones performs Feb. 26, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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George Jones performs Feb. 26, 1982, at the Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington.
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The Miss USA pageant was held at the Memorial Field House.
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Mel Gillispie talks with former teen idol Troy Donahue.
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Ed Lancaster had a big band in Huntington in the 1950s that played a lot at Dreamland. Here they are playing at the Memorial Field House.
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Meadowlark Lemon is shown with Abe Saperstein in this Harlem Globetrotters publicity shot.
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E.A. Faulkner had this penny from the campaign to fund the levy for the Memorial Field House. This is the back side of the penny.
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E.A. Faulkner had this penny from the campaign to fund the levy for the Memorial Field House.
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The Veterans Memorial Field House is shown in its early days in this undated photo.
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Grady Wilson preaches during the opening service of his crusade at the Veterans Memorial Field House on Sunday, Oct. 10, 1982.
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Evangelist Bob Harrington gives Wayne County native Blaze Starr one of his record albums at Memorial Field House on Tuesday night, Aug. 31, 1971.
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Liberace performed at the Memorial Field House in October 1954.
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A group of Barboursville High School students taking a break from ice skating. in the winter of 1951 to 1952. Those pictured are (from left): David Gerlach, Charles Hesson, Bob Loudermilk, Jack Steinbrecker and Gary Wolfe.
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Comedian Bob Hope greets children from the Cammack Children's Center after arriving at Tri-State Airport aboard his Piedmont flight for a benefit at Memorial Field House on Thursday, May 6, 1965. "The plane had to fly upside down all the way here from Cincinnati," he told the kids, "because I forgot my suspenders."
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