Thanks Diana, either one sound posible. Errors do stick and become accepted. Actually, on my bank atm record, Putty Hill Super Fresh is now spelled POTTY Hill. Hope that doesn't get around. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Putty Hill Avenue > I remembering reading something a while back. May have been part of a history of Parkville. > > There is two suggested origins: > > Putty Hill - The area has some really great clay (putty). If you are familiar with the Giant shopping center on BelAir Road (just north of the beltway) - before it was built, it was a bunch of little undulating mounds of clay. > > The other is the it is a corruption of 'Pretty Hill'. > > Diana > > -----Original Message----- > From: Betty V. Hartman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:16:20 -0500 > Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] Putty Hill Avenue > > > Sorry, I wasn't thinking. > > Betty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty V. Hartman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:43 PM > Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Putty Hill Avenue > > > > Okay all you Baltimore County Historians; my husband asked what seemed a > silly question until I thought about it, but he wanted to know how Putty > Hill Ave. got its name? I am sure someone out there can answer this. > Thanks in advance. > > > > Betty > > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > > This list is for Genealogical Only, > > Join us at [email protected] for discussions on > > culture and heritage in the Baltimore area > > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Anne Arundel Co. - 350 Years of Settlement > 1649-1999 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > Please note that hitting reply will send your response to the entire list. > Please respond to people privately and not through the list unless your response > contains information of general interest. >