When the gov't started closing the different post offices here on Lookout Mountain which included Pittsburg, Ascalon, Dillon, etc., the mail was finally routed through the Rising Fawn Post office. And it is still routed that way today. People up here on the mountain are from 10 to 25 miles from the Rising Fawn P.O. Rising Fawn is in Dade County in the valley at the western foot of Lookout Mountain approximately 8/9 miles south of Trenton. I wish we could get our own Post Office here on the mountain once again. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] Durham School on Lookout Mountain > According to my dads notes, Durham was the name of the mining community, > Pittsburg, Ga was the name of the area which was later changed to Rising > Fawn, Ga., according to Mr. Harmon. I have letters postmarked Pittsburg, Ga > in the 1917,18, 1914 - from my grandfather to his wife and from other > relatives that had already left that area. > delilah > > > > At 21:35 5/2/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Per the History of Walker County, > > > >Gillen School was established in 1949 effecting the consolidation of the > >Ascalon and Durham Schools. Gillen is now closed > > > >A page later it stated that Pittsburg closed in 1949. Gillen opened in 1951, > >closing Ascalon. > > > >Another school south of Ascalon was Dillon. It was closed many years ago. > > > >I think Pittsburg was an earlier name for Durham. Durham got its name from > >the Durham Coal & Coke Co when they purchased the mining property (ca 3200 > >acres) from the Lookout Coal & Coke Co in 1899. > > > >Sue > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Denise DeBerry <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:32 PM > >Subject: [GAWALKER] Durham School on Lookout Mountain > > > > > >> Does anyone know if the school records for the Durham School on Lookout > >Mountain still exist or were they destroyed? If so where might I look for > >them? I know the school closed in the early to mid 1940's. > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> Denise > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > >> NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > >political > >> announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > >> etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > >removal. > >> Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > >[email protected] > >> To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >> > > > > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use > >[email protected] or [email protected] if > >you are on the Digest list. > >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >