Blarneywood Chronological Timeline

1985 - Dr. Gupta arrives in the Blarneywood area

1986 - Dr. Keep comes to work at Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN

1990 - Most of the Young Rangers born.

1992 - Deaths at the mine.  OSHA investigations began.  Dr. Keep first hears of Blarneywood in the news.

1995-2000 - Young Ranger Elementary School years.

2001-2003 - Young Ranger Middle School years. Young Rangers unit WV-BW-C formed.

2002 - Dr. Keep's wife dies.  He begins writing about that experience in earnest.  Later he migrates to educational stories for young adults.

2003 - Dr. Keep leaves Eastman.  Becomes involved in non-profit activities.

2004-2008 - Young Ranger High School years.

2005 - Dr. Gupta admitted to hospital in coma.

2005-2006 - Dr. Keep's Kingsport pupils take 1st place in State of TN two years running in the "Science of Music" event of the Science Olympiad.

2006 - Dr. Gupta disappears mysteriously from hospital.

2006 - End of Summer - Dr. Keep's first invitation to Blarneywood to judge a Science Fair.

2006-2008 - Dr. Keep does some substitute teaching in the Blarneywood Schools science program and is able to investigate more at Blarneywood.

2007 - April - www.Blarneywood.com Website first established.

2008 - Most of the Young Rangers "age-out" of the program, graduate High School.

2009 - Young Rangers begin to look for jobs, or enter college, and leave the Blarneywood area.

2009 - June - begin again in earnest to try to document these events.