Dan, this is too much. My grandparents, Harry and Mattie McGonigal, lived in a rental house at 15-something Hardesty for a short while--would have been an odd number because it was on the east side of the street. At the time, the outside of the very small house was brick-patterned tarpaper. This was probably about 1943-47 or so. Then they moved to 1516 Colorado, just west of Hardesty, where they stayed until my grandmother went into a nursing home and my grandfather died five days later, on Veteran's Day, 1964. The property was sold to the college right behind them. Good grief, I can't remember the name of it right now, but it was a seminary and I believe Methodist or one of the denominations very close to that. We lived from 1942 until December 1951 at 1529 Topping when we moved to Independence. My grandmother's father, George Wesley Lukens, built a two-story house at 1413 Collins, which is a couple of blocks from Colorado. The last time I looked, it was still standing. He died in 1930, so that's pretty good for the way we like to tear things down in this country. And my aunt and family (Pete and Helen Peterson and my cousin Larry) lived at 15-something Lister for a number of years. Wanna hear a couple more coincidences? Until about three years ago, my ex-sister-in-law lived in Rio Rancho, and, totally unrelated to that; my above-mentioned grandfather's grandmother's maiden name was Rachel Riley. And, we haven't been able to definitely determine her parents. We think his name was Barnaby but have no proof. They were from Ohio. And now, to close . . . I have a nifty instrument with case which I do not play but it was my dad's so I keep it for sentimental reasons. It's a Gibson mando-cello (sp?). When I took it to the music store in Independence, all the employees clustered around to look, then they called Nashville on the spot to try to get a rough estimate of its value, which is why I took it in to begin with. They said that given the date associated with its very low serial number, it may well have been at least partly crafted by Gibson himself. And the value is perhaps $1200. Vanette