This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/774.1 Message Board Post: “Mingo Bottom is a large, relatively flat and open area on the (West) Virginia shore; it derives its name solely from the fact that it was situated opposite the Mingo Town….In 1782, both Williamson and Crawford used the location as a staging area for their expeditions, and it was to Mongo Bottom that the stragglers of Crawford’s Expedition returned.” (The Border Wars of the Upper Ohio Valley (1769-1794) by William Hintzen, page 338). This would place it across the Ohio River from Mingo Junction.