And what about the State-Aid roads? We had some of those in Effingham County (just a bit further north)...... But I have ties to Vienna........the Melvin family. Linda (in Arizona) -----Original Message----- From: WXFORDS@aol.com [mailto:WXFORDS@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:29 AM To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] This oldtimer quest is a great one. Anyone who can go and talk... In a message dated 9/14/2005 2:13:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, jamlsh@aol.com writes: lol. You have to know the difference between the black top and the hard top when it comes to roads down there. Hard top refers to the highway and black top to the asphalt roads. You are right, I still call the road from Vienna to Simpson the "Simpson Blacktop" Linda in TN