Here is a new website I just finished. It creates Google Earth Maps in the USA for features listed in the GNIS database (cemeteries, churches, schools, etc). If you are interested in that, the program is located here: http://www.mflan.com/cgi-bin/gnis.cgi This is an example of the output created. Camden county MO cemeteries: http://www.mflan.com/temp/camdencemeteries.kml You need Google Earth to view that file: http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/ It is free. This is not fully tested. If you have problems with the program I would appreciate it if you told me about the problem. If you find it frustrating to get the information you need, or you want a bunch of counties put together, I recommend that you contact me directly to produce that for you. It doesn't take me long to do this and I'm glad to get the information out there. Just ask for it. Mike

Do to the fact that I have some dead mail list (not active since 2012 and before) and my lack of time to try to arouse them I am putting them up for adoption. I am writing to the lists BCC first so subscriber will have first choice to all the lists. If you are interested in adopting any please contact me at: fred@dittmar.net I will on the first of November turn any that have not been spoken for over to RW to be placed on the adoption list. Below is the list of mail lists: AHTA AR-GHOSTTOWNS BURNES CAN-AB-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-BE-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-MB-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-NB-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-NF-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-NT-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-NU-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-PEI-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-QC-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-SK-GHOSTTOWNS CAN-YT-GHOSTTOWNS CANADIAN-TRAIN-DISASTERS ITCHOCTA ITCHREEKN LA-CEMETERIES MA-GHOSTTOWNS ME-GHOSTTOWNS MERCHANT-MARINE NA-CHEROKEE-OKLAHOMA NEW-ENGLAND-RAILROAD NH-GHOSTTOWNS OK-101RANCH OK-CITY-DIRECTORIES OK-CSCPA OK-GEN-SOC for all Gen Societies in Oklahoma OK-LANDRUNS OK-LAWMEN-OUTLAWS OK-MIGRATION OK-MYSTERIES OK-RECORDS RI-GHOSTTOWNS RYDER TX-COTTON TX-FREEDMEN TX-HISTORY TX-MERCERCOL TX-MYSTERIES TX-SHARECROP TX-VETERANS TX-VINTAGEPHOTOS TXCASS TXCASS-CCGS TXCASTRO TXGRAYSO TXKLEBER TXLUBBOC TXTERRY VT-GHOSTTOWNS

Pitiful little. Lollie was also callede Lollie Plantation. That is all I could find. More may be available on the web. Mike On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, jason_hatfield_98@yahoo.com wrote: > >Wow, thank you Mike. It will give me something new to check out when the weather cools down again. Do you have any history on any of these towns? Thanks again! > >Jason (in Perry county)

Wow, thank you Mike. It will give me something new to check out when the weather cools down again. Do you have any history on any of these towns? Thanks again! Jason (in Perry county)

Burnett Spring: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-93.64275&lat=35.21608&opt=1 Mike On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Ysletamopher@aol.com wrote: >Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:32 EDT >From: Ysletamopher@aol.com >Subject: Re: [AR-GHOSTTOWNS] AR-GHOSTTOWNS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 >To: ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com > >Hi, >I live in Tucson, Arizona. I am interested in Corley, Logan County, >Arkansas. I understand that Corley is now a ghost town. The last time I was in that >area was back in the 70's when my daughter was in a stroller...she is now 36. > We visited the graveyard where many of my kinfolk are buried. > >My Great great grandfather,John Thomas Burnett, moved to that area after the >Civil War. I think there is a springs there named after him....now named >Burnette Springs. > >Also my Great grandfather, William O. Reynolds, was a Mayor of Magazine, >Logan County, Arkansas. Magazine is still a living town. >thanks, >Kae

So you are near Conway. I was just there last year visiting a friend. The towns are at the faint cross hairs in the middle of these maps: Ledwidge is totally empty according to this map: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-92.56611&lat=34.95722&opt=1 Providence used to be here: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-92.51528&lat=34.98056&opt=1 http://tinyurl.com/5v6zg2 Lundsford Corner: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-92.54944&lat=34.90722&opt=1 http://tinyurl.com/66wh3e Lollie: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-92.58417&lat=34.98806&opt=1 http://tinyurl.com/62m925 Kenney was here: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-92.61389&lat=34.97750&opt=1 http://tinyurl.com/5uzjdp Cold Springs used to be a town: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-92.70000&lat=34.79389&opt=1 http://tinyurl.com/5sh3px Mike On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, jason_hatfield_98@yahoo.com wrote: > >Hi, could you give me any info or original pics on Ledwidge (in Perry county near Roland, AR) and could you please tell me of any other ghost towns in central Arkansas? Thanks! > >Jason

Hi, I live in Tucson, Arizona. I am interested in Corley, Logan County, Arkansas. I understand that Corley is now a ghost town. The last time I was in that area was back in the 70's when my daughter was in a stroller...she is now 36. We visited the graveyard where many of my kinfolk are buried. My Great great grandfather,John Thomas Burnett, moved to that area after the Civil War. I think there is a springs there named after him....now named Burnette Springs. Also my Great grandfather, William O. Reynolds, was a Mayor of Magazine, Logan County, Arkansas. Magazine is still a living town. thanks, Kae **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

Hi, could you give me any info or original pics on Ledwidge (in Perry county near Roland, AR) and could you please tell me of any other ghost towns in central Arkansas? Thanks! Jason

I have never been there. I'm thinking about diverting through that way someday as I pass by, but it probably won't happen for years. Mike ar-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Have you been there?? If so, Are there any buildings or any foundations visible?? Do you know if the cemetery is kept up?? I'm very curious. > Thanks, > Jayme > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Flannigan <mikeflan@att.net> > To: ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com > Cc: larkjgb@aol.com > Sent: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 9:09 pm > Subject: Re: [AR-GHOSTTOWNS] Introduction of new administrator > > > > That Beauchamp is WAY off the beaten track. You have > to want to go there to see it. > > This is the way it looked in 1958 - 1979: > http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-94.27056&lat=34.80500&opt=1 > > The cemetery is call Walnut Grove Cemetery. > > That is a wild area. I go by that area from time-to- > time. > > > Mike > > >

Have you been there?? If so, Are there any buildings or any foundations visible?? Do you know if the cemetery is kept up?? I'm very curious. Thanks, Jayme -----Original Message----- From: Mike Flannigan <mikeflan@att.net> To: ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Cc: larkjgb@aol.com Sent: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 9:09 pm Subject: Re: [AR-GHOSTTOWNS] Introduction of new administrator That Beauchamp is WAY off the beaten track. You have to want to go there to see it. This is the way it looked in 1958 - 1979: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-94.27056&lat=34.80500&opt=1 The cemetery is call Walnut Grove Cemetery. That is a wild area. I go by that area from time-to- time. Mike On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, larkjgb@aol.com wrote: > > > Hi, Fred, >I live in Alamogordo, New Mexico.? The town I am interested in is Beauchamp, Arkansas, in Scott County.? I don't know what is still there.? I have never been to the site.? My great grandfather, Charlie J. Beauchamp, donated an acre of land for a post office there, and so the town was named after him.? My grandma used to be able to point out the approximate place it was located, but she died in 1992.? Google Earth still has Beauchamp listed on it.? There is a cemetery there, but I don't know the name of it and I don't know how well maintained it is.? I have heard that if a person goes up to look at the site, he/she should go in winter because of bears and other wild critters. >Thanks, ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AR-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That Beauchamp is WAY off the beaten track. You have to want to go there to see it. This is the way it looked in 1958 - 1979: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-94.27056&lat=34.80500&opt=1 The cemetery is call Walnut Grove Cemetery. That is a wild area. I go by that area from time-to- time. Mike On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, larkjgb@aol.com wrote: > > > Hi, Fred, >I live in Alamogordo, New Mexico.? The town I am interested in is Beauchamp, Arkansas, in Scott County.? I don't know what is still there.? I have never been to the site.? My great grandfather, Charlie J. Beauchamp, donated an acre of land for a post office there, and so the town was named after him.? My grandma used to be able to point out the approximate place it was located, but she died in 1992.? Google Earth still has Beauchamp listed on it.? There is a cemetery there, but I don't know the name of it and I don't know how well maintained it is.? I have heard that if a person goes up to look at the site, he/she should go in winter because of bears and other wild critters. >Thanks,

I live in Twentynine Palms California, born in Paris Arkansas. I joined AR-Ghosttowns after reading about the mysterious ghost light of Gurdon AR. Thank you Fred for taking over the Ghosttowns web site. Janet

Hi, Fred, I live in Alamogordo, New Mexico.? The town I am interested in is Beauchamp, Arkansas, in Scott County.? I don't know what is still there.? I have never been to the site.? My great grandfather, Charlie J. Beauchamp, donated an acre of land for a post office there, and so the town was named after him.? My grandma used to be able to point out the approximate place it was located, but she died in 1992.? Google Earth still has Beauchamp listed on it.? There is a cemetery there, but I don't know the name of it and I don't know how well maintained it is.? I have heard that if a person goes up to look at the site, he/she should go in winter because of bears and other wild critters. Thanks, Jayme Berry -----Original Message----- From: Dittmar, Frederick M. <dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> To: AR-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com <AR-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 5:21 pm Subject: [AR-GHOSTTOWNS] Introduction of new administrator Greetings to all Arkansas Ghost Town mail list subscribers. I'd like to first thank Kathleen Burnett for one starting the Ghost Town mail list for each state and your years as the administrator of this list. My name is Fred Dittmar and I am here to offer any help and direction I can. Although I'm not living in your state I may have some information to give you directions in researching. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. There are 100 subscribers on this mail list at the moment. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AR-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greetings to all Arkansas Ghost Town mail list subscribers. I'd like to first thank Kathleen Burnett for one starting the Ghost Town mail list for each state and your years as the administrator of this list. My name is Fred Dittmar and I am here to offer any help and direction I can. Although I'm not living in your state I may have some information to give you directions in researching. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. There are 100 subscribers on this mail list at the moment. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

Old Lewisburg Days will be held Saturday, May 12, 2007, in Morrilton, Arkansas near the Depot Museum. The festivities will begin at 10:00. The day will include a special unveiling of the 1870s oil painting of Lewisburg, historical displays, old time games, crafts, music and other entertainment. A restored covered wagon will have a camp set up, a horse shoeing demonstration is planned, ladies in period dress quilting, and much more will be going on throughout the day. Closing ceremonies will be at 4:00 PM and will include the presentation of some special awards. Visitors are encouraged to come in period dress. Come out and enjoy the day. Don’t forget your cameras! For more information contact Euna Beavers at 501-354-4428 or ebeavers@tcworks.net.

I am looking for prairie township in Yell county, information on it. and the township of Riley, arkansas and magazine arkansas thanks alot

Old Lewisburg is one of Arkansas' ghost towns. The painting which will be unveiled that day is painted by a resident of Old Lewisburg and is a painting of Old Lewisburg circa 1852. Old Lewisburg Days Old Lewisburg Days will be held Saturday, May 12, 2007, in Morrilton near the Depot Museum. The festivities will begin at 10:00. The day will include a special unveiling of the 1870s oil painting of Lewisburg, historical displays, old time games, crafts, music and other entertainment. A restored covered wagon will have a camp set up, a horse shoeing demonstration is planned, ladies in period dress quilting, and much more will be going on throughout the day. Closing ceremonies will be at 4:00 PM and will include the presentation of some special awards. Visitors are encouraged to come in period dress. Come out and enjoy the day. Don’t forget your cameras! For more information contact Euna Beavers at 501-354-4428 or ebeavers@tcworks.net. Old Lewisburg Major William Lewis, his son, Stephen D. Lewis and Dr. Nimrod Menifee settled near the Arkansas River and Point Remove Creek about 1820. Stephen D. Lewis established the first trading post in Conway County in 1825, and called it Lewisburg. The town of Lewisburg was incorporated in 1844. By 1850, Lewisburg had grown into a thriving town. From then until the Civil War it was one of the best business points in the state. In Lewisburg there were two sawmills, two grist mills, an opera house, two dentists, hotels, two druggists, two livery stables, two blacksmiths, two saddlery stores, many merchants, about eighty business establishments in all. The first ferry at Lewisburg was established about 1848. The Lewisburg ferry was used until 1920 when the bridge across the Arkansas River was built. The first school house in Conway County was built in Lewisburg prior to 1836. Soon after the Civil War the citizens of Lewisburg induced Rev. I. L. Burrow of Tennessee to accept the position of principal of the male and female academy of Lewisburg which prospered under his direction for four years. Later the school was moved to Morrilton. Lewisburg continued to grow and prosper until about 1875. When the railroad went through what is now Morrilton, the town of Lewisburg began to fade away. Many of the people tore down their homes, businesses, churches, schools, etc. and moved them over the hill near the new railroad. Many of the pioneers of Lewisburg were also the pioneers of Morrilton. Before the people began moving away, Lewisburg had a population of 1800-2000.

Rootsweb has changed the ar-ghosttowns list to new servers beginning today. The new list names will be the same ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Note the L has been removed. Old address ar-ghosttowns-L@rootsweb.com New address: ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com If you have filters, you should set them to allow mail from the list as: ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Both email addresses will still work for a while for sending e-mail but you may not receive it if you don't change it in your address book Remember those on the digest mode send their email to the new address of ar-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Digest numbers will be out of sequence during the change over. A note for those members using AOL - there might a temporary delay in receiving list mail (on AOL's end). Make sure you check your spam folders, if you find any list mail there, click the THIS IS NOT SPAM button and read your mail in your inbox so the filters will be trained in regard to the new server. The main changes will be on my side in the Utility pages. Let me know if you have any concerns or questions. If I can't answer them, will find out the answer for us. I appreciate each of you and your understanding as we go through this change over. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

We ordered the death certificate for one of the Baldwin children to confirm what her fathers name was. To date I have not been able to find any Gustin or Justin Baldwin. Here are some facts about the family: Rachel Helene (a) Learn sometimes went by the name Lena was born in Canada about 1860 and possible May 29th. She married Gustin Baldwin place and date unknown. The family is reported to have lived in Arkansas, USA.. place unknown where they had four children. Bernice Baldwin born before 1890. Keeley (Male) born 6 Feb 1891. This is based Military draft card found in Cleveland, OH Elizabeth Grace born per death certificate 08 Feb 1891. Which is in conflict with the birthdate for Keeley. So his sighting may be incorrect.Wondering if they were twins? Margaret born 15 Oct 1896. All children are thought to have been born in AR. Rachel Baldwin left her husband and retuned to Canada living with family there. . Below are the first sightings of the family in NY 1910 New York, Onondaga, 7-Wd Syracuse, ED# 128 Women's and Children's Hospital Series: T624; Roll: 1056; Page: 194; Sheet: 8A April 19, 1910 Baldwin, Grace, pupil, f, w, 19, single, NY OH NY, in training hospital 1920 Margaret Baldron East Orange Ward 5, Essex, New Jersey abt 1898 Kansas White [says born AR UNK CAN] blind - boarder - stenographer (age 23) 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 3, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; for Keeley Baldwin. Roll: T625_312; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 134; Image: 857. 1920 United States Federal Census Record about Heely Baldwin Name: Heely Baldwin [Neely Baldwin] Age: 27 years Estimated birth year: abt 1893 Birthplace: Arkansas Race: White Bernice is reported to have died the day Grace was born, Keeley died place unknown at the age of 50, Grace died in Nevada, Margaret died in CA. Can any one help me find this family. Sincerely, Patricia Mata Pocahontas, AR pjmata@cox.net

How does someone determine location and history of possible ghost towns? I live in Jefferson County and would like to know if there is a ghost town in my county? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com