I live in Tahlequah OK, were, were the Jitney Jungle Groceries, my Husband is from Tulsa??? Barbara in OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Barnes" <robteb@msn.com> To: <ARKANSAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [ARKANSAS] What were Jitney Cars??? > There used to be some "Jitney Jungle" grocery stores in Tulsa. > > Robert Barnes > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nichols, Sharon L." <SNichols@oaklandnet.com> > To: <ARKANSAS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:35 PM > Subject: RE: [ARKANSAS] What were Jitney Cars??? > > > > Jitney is an old term for taxis. I know because my great-grandmother > > never > > called a cab or a taxi--always a jitney. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fran Warren [mailto:alverson@valuelinx.net] > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:56 AM > > To: ARKANSAS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ARKANSAS] What were Jitney Cars??? > > > > > > Does anyone know what a Jitney was? I've noticed a lot of news items about > > them in the 1914 and 1915 newspapers > > > > July 30, 1915 > > Van Buren Press-Argus > > JITNEY LINE TO SHIBLEY AND ALMA > > > > Some of the former Jitney Owners have established a line of jitneys > > between > > Fort Smith and Alma and are being very liberally patronized. The cars are > > making three round trips daily, having a regular schedule. > > > > During the busy fruit season that is now on, there will be much use of > > Jitneys between Van Buren and Alma, and especially between Van Buren and > > Shibley where the Van Buren Fruit Growers' Union is loading peaches. > > > > Fran Alverson Warren > > e-mail: alverson@valuelinx.net > > 479-369-2703 > > http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/ > > > > > > ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== > > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most > > helpful > > site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== > > ListAdministrator of Arkansas-L > > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >