I did some research on Pedro. I went down and visited the location of the place - there is indeed Martin / Pedro Rd. (County Road 105) just off of 412. This was not "Martin Pedro Rd." as I had thought - so there was no person called Martin Pedro, ha ha. From what I've gathered, Martin was an old family around these parts (see below). According to my maps there is also a small community called Martin west and north of this area. At the library I found the book "History of Robinson and Kincheloe Community" which was done by the Robinson Historical Community in 1995. Pedro was the name given to the *post office* for this place. The community was better known as Kincheloe, the valley there called Martin Hollow. Here is an excerpt from pgs. 177-118 of that book: KINCHELOE COMMUNITY AND PEDRO POST OFFICE Pedro was the name given to the post office established by Ernest Watts Butler, in his small store building in Kincheloe community. The application was dated February 6, 1906, reads: location NE 17-17-32, 4 1/2 miles south of Logan. About 800 people in the area were supplied by this special office from Wedington, Washington County. A star route carrier came from Robinson two times a week and Mr. Butler was the Postmaster. This building burned and was never replaced. Apparently, the post office operated from the Roberts home for a short time before the rural route was started. In the beginning, mail was delivered every other day and later each day on the rural route. The store was simply called Butler's Store. There is only rock foundation left now located on the George Clark farm. Families in the valley where the post office was located were: Gallatin "Gap" and Majorie Etta Martin, Mary E. and Abner "Uncle Ab" Martin, Elizabeth Emma Walker, and Dudley B. "Dud" Martin - Abner Martin's son. The Widow Osburn and family resided here along with the Jim Strain family and John and Susan Roberts. This valley was called "Martin Hollow." It has a road running north and south now named Martin - Pedro Ln. through the 911 program. This road ends at the north end where it intersects with the Kincheloe Road, (911 name) that runs east and west at this point. West from this point was Thomas J. Walker and Mary Jane Carlisle Walker, the Carters, Shooks, Masons, the Corn family and the Kincheloe School building. Other families: Eads, James, Farmer, Malone, Lubera, Barnes, Gardisser, and Duffield. Other families in the valley: Pearl McGarrah, her son Harlow and wife, two of Pearl's grandchildren with their families, Tommy and Judy Martin, Lena and Larry Dawdy, Pete and Ethelyn Meyers, George Clark, and the Harris family. Several spellings for the word Kincheloe were found during this search: Kinchelo, Kenchelow and Kincheloe (apparently the correct one). The school district was #83 and called Pleasant. The first school was a sycamore log building on the south side of Kincheloe Road. The second school was also a log building on the north side of the road. It is now incorporated in the Richard Lubera home. The school building was a fram one and much larger. It was built on the south side close to where the sycamore log building was located. There is a small cemetery nearby on the north. This is where John G. Kincheloe, his parents and John's first three children are buried; also one child with a stone reading "Mary, Daughter of J.H. & E. Taylor, died 1-23-1882. These school properties were donated by the Kincheloe family. Some teachers from the school were: Dorice Chastain Aldrige - 1908; Elaine Butler Chastain - 1922-23; Charlie (?) Kincheloe, Eunis Meyers, Mayme Mekker, ? Meyers, Evelyn Beaver Wilson and Eileen Leonard Snodgrass. For a short time, Roy Harper from Robinson had a small store, but there wasn't a loarge stock of supplies. There are apparently four crossings of the Illinois River to get to the Kincheloe community. The first just west of North Round Top (Hammer) Mountain was a swinging bridge for walking, Second one could cross at Carter Ford. The third was about 1/2 mile further west called Micklen Ford, where there were steel gates to open and shut when crossing. This is the present location of a one-lane steel bridge built in 1917. Mr. Leslie Martin remembers the swinging bridge being built, but is not sure of the date. (He was approximately 10 to 15 yesrs old at the time). The fourth crossing, close to Carter's Bluff, is called Wilson Ford and just west of here a cement bridge was built in 1922, on what is now called Chambers Springs Road. This about 1/2 mile west of the Kincheloe School site. ~End of the excerpt~ I hope this is helpful to those interested in the area. I will get it copied to Benton County ALHN soon. Stacey Davis Benton County ALHN http://www.geocities.com/ozarkgarden/benton/benton.html __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest