WoW ! Thanks Ann. Thats interesting. I guess I should read up on my Atlanta History. I didn't know that. See....it just goes to show that we can learn something new every day. Thats clearifies that.! Ah? Thanks, MArk Dodd Elizabeth, PA > When I give tours in Atlanta I usually say "Nobody in Atlanta really worries > about all those Peachtrees." Mostly we focus on Peachtree Street which > turns > to Peachtree Road in Buckhead, and a little farther out it is Peachtree > Industrial Blvd. Just follow the yellow brick road. > > There are many myths and legends about the origin of Peachtree. In fact > Margaret Mitchell's father Eugene Muse Mitchell (1866-1944) wrote an > article > for the Atlanta Historical Journal about Peachtree. The word Peachtree > according to city history is older than the word Atlanta. All goes back to > Muskogee (Creek) Indians and whether or not one really believes pioneer > George Washington Collier's story about one lonely peach tree in the > Muskogee > village of Standing Peachtree or whether one believes pioneer Jonathan > Norcross' story about the pine tree and that some of the Scots and Irish > pronounced the name as pitch tree. > > Oh, well...that's Atlanta! As Lewis Grizzard use to say..."Delta is ready > when you are!" > > Ann in Atlanta >