This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wS.2ADIAE/333.1 Message Board Post: I lived in Okolona in the early 1960's. Go to yahoo maps and enter 9507 Polaris Dr. in Okolona. If "Grissom Way" and "Turnpike View Dr." intersected, the intersection would be somewhere near the old Civil War cemetary. There was a store on Blue Lick road at that time and the store owners had the farmland behind the store which is probably where Freedom Way and Grissom Way are. Polaris Drive existed when we moved there in 1961(?) The houses on Freedom Way were built in 1963/64 or so, but the "grissom" probably pertains to Virgil Grissom who died in a spacecraft accident in the late 60's so I don't know if they renamed the streets or if the building project was stalled or if it was just a coincidence or what. Toward the back of that land, near the aforementioned cemetery, was a creek with crawdads and water mocassins and big old vines you could swing on like Tarzan (sort of.) I ran into a guy from Okolona about 10 or 15 years or so ago and he said my friends James, Ve! ronica and Frances Powell still lived in the area. James will remember where the creek and cemetery were (are, I hope.) Near where it says "Lana Ct" on the map was an old estate we used to sneak into with an extensive carriage house full of old cars (and a back lot full of wrecked Corvettes etc. with "Chip" painted on them.) Maybe these people owned the land and not the store owners. The cemetery had whole families buried in it , and quite a few of the graves were childrens', which gave us a wierd feeling, since we were not used to children dying. Sorry if I'm rambling; I was just wondering if there was anything on the web about that old cemetery 40 years and many miles ago when I saw your posting. I don't know if any of the Interstate highways on the map existed at that time or if the creek/graveyard area was disturbed. It was there in 1962 when Pres. Kennedy was shot and I was in second grade. Good luck looking for your ancestor... Thomas C. Rafferty, Jr., Dana Point, CA