Pass the buck and gripe & moan...........geez Ira.......gettin testy in our old age are we ??? I was hoppin you'd tell her about why it's called the 'Crossing'. How it's a natural narrowing of the Tennessee River which it is why the railroads selected that point to build a railroad bridge across the Tennessee connecting West & Middle Tennessee in the 1850's. About the railroad elevator on the Benton Co. side of the river, and how 'goods' were shipped from there (& how much is under water). How the 2 railroad companies built the different parts of the lines, and the Irish immigrants that built the railroad and settled in Faxon. Why the railroad abandoned the tracks & bridge. And particularly why the List is called DanvilleCrossing..........because anyone who knows anything about the area......knows where it is. If you live in northern Tennessee around the Tennessee River, you know where DanvilleCrossing is. And for 'the shadow', <who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man>, Danville Crossing isn't a town, but a natural narrowing in the Tennessee River between present day Benton & Houston Counties that has been used since archaic times to cross the river. The 'Crossing' is named for the nearest town on the Houston County side of the river, but there is no corresponding town on the Benton side. It is presumably one of the point that folks crossed the River when settlement of the Jackson Purchase - Cherokee Lands <West Tennesse> was opened in 1820, particularly that portion of Humphreys County that became Benton County. Now Ira....... can I get at least one train story (exploding boilers is good), please. Pretty PLEASE !! I love these stories......come on.....at least one <2 is better>. Waiting............. Dave - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ At 10:47 PM 7/26/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hey All: > >I was born at Danville, Houston County, Tennessee, Danville is Danville about >2 miles south of Hurricane Creek, and Cane Creek ran on the South Side of old >Danville, and White oak Creek is about 1 1/2 miles south of Danville. It >started when Dan martin started Genealogy information on Houston, Stewart and >Henry County, later joined by Benton, Humphrey and Dickson counties, To join >them all together Danville Crossing was started for General Information for >all these counties, with specific information being sent to the particular >county to which it applied. > >I hope I have you well confused now. So don't blame me just get on Dave Snow >and Dan Martin they are the ones who started it all. > >Ira > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My genealogy software won't accept "spaceship" >as a "Place of Birth"..... Now What ???? >