The city of Dutton in Montana was apparently set up by a General Agent for a railroad operating out of Helena, Montana. I have references to show he was a general agent rather than a freight agent. There was a Dutton Redoubt in Virginia during the Civil War, but I have lost my notes on that. Las Vegas has a Dutton park. Halbert's THE DUTTONS IN AMERICA from 1790 to 1997, published 1997 by Halbert's, 3687 Road, Bath, Ohio 44210 has a Chapter Five, "Finding Dutton Place Names in America." Pages 53-55. Alabama 5, Alaska 2, Arizona 5, Arkansas 2, California 5, Colorado 3, Connecticut 2, Deleware 1, Florida 1, Illinois 2, Indiana 1, Iowa 1, Kentucky 2, Maine 4, Massachusetts 1, Michigan 2, Minnesota 2, Missouri 1, Montana 7, 2 plus Dutton Park, New Mexico 2, New York 6, North Dakota 1, Ohio 1, Oklahoma 1, Oregon 6, Pennsylvania 4, Tennessee 1, Texas 2, Utah 2, Vermont 5, Virginia 4 (plus redoubt), Washington 2, West Virginia 1, Wyoming 7. The Mount in Utah was named for a geologist working the area, plus there was a Dutton Pass there. Some place names are for post offices, towns, ranches, streams, mills, canals, a mine in Alabama, hills, canyons and points, a Dutton Landing and island in California, summits, swamps, a still, and corners. New York has a Dutton Mountain in Essex County. Wyoming has a Dutton Creek Oil Field in Carbon County. Yes, a cave too. Now get out your maps and try to find these. What shall we offer as the grand prize? Nearly one hundred place names in thirty-five states. We need to work on those other states. Well, I am glad to be reminded to look in that book. It has some census lists up to 1910, mostly head of households I think, due to the limited data. But, that could save me some work. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]