Thanks for the reply Jim http://personal.ayrix.net/~savage1/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy V. Bostick" <lacantanta@cox.net> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Okieboha ? | HOMETOWN MISSISSIPPI, James Brieger | There are two that are close: | | Okahola: In Lamar, County , nine miles SW of Hattiesburg and exited only as | a water tank & passing siding on the New Orleans & North Eastern RR | | Okatibbee: Lauderdale, County, More recently known as Sterling. Once a cross | road stop on the Mobile & Ohio RR; seven miles south of Meridian. Began | July 5, 1848 as a Post Office known as Sageville; changed to Okatibbee - a | corruption of Okatibbeaha. 1857 name changed back to Sagevill, 1858 back to | Okatibbee. PO abolished in 1859. | 1894 a new Post Office was secured and named Sterling. Discontinued in 1905 | | | | ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== | Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi | where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. | | ============================== | New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx |