yeow, i noticed a lot of that when i was back 3 or 4 weeks ago. i'm from decatur and drove out to the old farm and found out it was on 106th street.......in decatur!......and then drove down to pleasanton where i have many many fond but but better forgotten memories and found myself on 93 street....in pleasanton!.........sheesh......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacy Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house > Speaking of name changes...addresses changed too, back in the late 1980s, > very early 1990s (for the 911 system). Not only were RR(Rural Route) > Numbers changed, also those in town had number changes. We went from 910 > to > 906 on our house number. > Of course that wasn't too long ago, but thought I'd add that for anyone > that > wanted to know ;-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meredith Johnston" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house > > >>> well, i guess i've been gone too long. i thought hi way 2 was 1st >>> street, >>> not commercial street. i'm wrong?.....and that hi way 69 was church >>> street.....am i wrong? if i'm correct, then does anyone know what >>> streets >>> lie on either side of commercial street? main street runs on the front >>> (west) side of the court house and idaho runs on the back side (east) of >>> the >>> court house, right?....mac >> >> Mac: >> >> You are correct. First (1st), as it is now named, was Commercial Street. >> At some time(after 1942?) the E-W streets in Leon were renamed. An early >> Sanborn map shows the E-W street on the north side of the Courthouse >> square as 8th Street and the E-W street on the south side as 9th. The >> next >> E-W street south of 9th street was Commercial, now 1st (Hwy 2). The N-S >> streets have retained their names. >> >> Meredith Johnston >> Spencer >>> >> >> >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >