Hi again, Becky mentioned a Sally McIntire as "the last person to be murdered by Indians in northern VA..." I would love to be able to site the source for that one, Becky. If you find it, please, let me know. No time like the present to begin a notebook on McIntire Firsts and Lasts! I have found a couple of MCINTIRE / TYRE "firsts" in my Michigan research. They are both noteworthy (if not notorious). 1.) Ray McIntire invented Styrofoam for the Dow Chemical Co.. McIntire said his invention of foamed polystyrene was accidental. His invention came as he was trying to find a flexible electrical insulator around the time of World War II. Polystyrene, which already had been invented, was a good insulator but too brittle. McIntire tried to make a new rubber-like polymer by combining styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure. The result was a foam polystyrene with bubble, 30 times lighter than regular polystyrene. source The Detroit News 2.) In 1838 the first convict to pass the threshold of the newly built ( and now infamous ) JACKSON STATE PRISON was one John McIntyre from Detroit. He had been sentenced one year for larceny. source History of Jackson County Michigan ( Gee, I gotta look for that full title and publisher. This is off-the-top-of-my-head.) Dee