Does anyone have access to an early Atlas for Lewis County? Just north of Monticello is a stream called the Fretwell Branch. I have a need to know, if early atlases clearly showed the name of the stream. Thanks, Mitch

Mitch, check out this URL: http://www.fretwell-family.com/AboutLeonard.html There is also a photo of the branch and this is an excerpt, so looks like it is the Fabius River you are asking about. "Leonard Fretwell purchased eighty acres of land on July 15, 1834, in Section 31, Dickerson Township, Lewis County, Missouri. The stream through the property (pictured above) was called the Fretwell branch. It still flows into the Fabius River north of Monticello. The above snapshot was taken in the spring in 1997. It shows the Fretwell branch from Highway A looking west about a mile north of Monticello. As noted in the book, Descendants of Leonard Fretwell (1787-1836) of Lewis County, Missouri (2001), (p. xxxii), the Fretwell branch appears in the Lewis County, Missouri, 1878, Atlas. Copies have been donated to the Library of Congress, the Reference Library of the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia and the library of the Lewis County Historical Society in Canton, Missouri." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Ryder" <williamcdf@aol.com> To: "Lewis County List" <MOLEWIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:11 PM Subject: [MOLEWIS] Lewis County Atlas? > Does anyone have access to an early Atlas for Lewis County? Just north of > Monticello is a stream called the Fretwell Branch. I have a need to know, > if > early atlases clearly showed the name of the stream. > > > > Thanks, > Mitch > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOLEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The USGS has corrupted the name of the Fretwell Branch. They now call it the Freckle Branch. I am a Fretwell descendant. A copy of an early Atlas page clearly showing that the Branch was once called the Fretwell Branch is needed to get the USGS to fix it's mistake. I don't know where to get a copy. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you, Mitch -----Original Message----- From: molewis-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:molewis-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda McNiel Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 7:44 AM To: molewis@rootsweb.com; Lewis County List Subject: Re: [MOLEWIS] Lewis County Atlas? Mitch, check out this URL: http://www.fretwell-family.com/AboutLeonard.html There is also a photo of the branch and this is an excerpt, so looks like it is the Fabius River you are asking about. "Leonard Fretwell purchased eighty acres of land on July 15, 1834, in Section 31, Dickerson Township, Lewis County, Missouri. The stream through the property (pictured above) was called the Fretwell branch. It still flows into the Fabius River north of Monticello. The above snapshot was taken in the spring in 1997. It shows the Fretwell branch from Highway A looking west about a mile north of Monticello. As noted in the book, Descendants of Leonard Fretwell (1787-1836) of Lewis County, Missouri (2001), (p. xxxii), the Fretwell branch appears in the Lewis County, Missouri, 1878, Atlas. Copies have been donated to the Library of Congress, the Reference Library of the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia and the library of the Lewis County Historical Society in Canton, Missouri." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Ryder" <williamcdf@aol.com> To: "Lewis County List" <MOLEWIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:11 PM Subject: [MOLEWIS] Lewis County Atlas? > Does anyone have access to an early Atlas for Lewis County? Just north of > Monticello is a stream called the Fretwell Branch. I have a need to know, > if > early atlases clearly showed the name of the stream. > > > > Thanks, > Mitch > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOLEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message