The ditch numbering was part of one of the largest drainage projects in the US. An interesting but brief description is given at: http://www.gideon.k12.mo.us/town/river3.htm Glen Thompson of Albuquerque NM. I grew up between Portageville and Hayti on the road that went from old Hiway 61 to Wolf Bayou (now called BB, I think). Graduated Wardell High in 1950. notiz@inebraska.com wrote: >Thanks.for.posting.this.info...I`ve.wondered.where.Peach.Orchard.was. >located..My.grandfather.farmed.east.of.Parma..and.in.the.late.40s.I. >went.with.him.once.when.his.tenant.family.wanted.to.go.pick.peaches. >I.was.a.small.child.and.it.seemed.so.far.away...he`d.return.when.they. >were.needed..to.help.his.family.on.the.farm..they.were.with.him.for. >years.and.this.was.a.yearly.trek. >I.also.have.a.question....about.the.numbered.ditches.that.seemed.to. >have.been.built.for.drainage..all.were.called.by.it.a.number.except. >for.a.larger.one.called.Floodway.and.one.between.Floodway.and.the. >town.of.Parma.....one.was.called.Wally.Ditch....how.did.it.get.it`s.name? >again.I`m.going.by.a.childs.memory....I`ve.only.been.back.twice.in. >over.50.years....excuse.all.the..space.key.is.shot. > > > > > > > > >Quoting "Don E. Wright" <dewright1@mindspring.com>: > > > >> On the Pemiscot County [Missouri] MO-AHGP site at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopemisc/pc-indxe.htm >> I have Links to the Stillman Cotton Gin Company >> and Store 1938 at >> http://www.stillman.org/store.htm >> also >> http://www.stillman.org/store1.htm >> also link to the >> (Map) Location of Peach Orchard, MO >> http://www.stillman.org/bootheel.htm >> >> Also check out the KBOA site on >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mopemisc/pc-indxe.htm >> >> Thanks >> Don E. Wright >> CC >> Pemiscot County [Missouri] MO-AHGP >>dewright1@mindspring.com >> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go >>to: >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >