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    1. Re: [PA-PITTSBURGH] Dooker's Hollow?
    2. Sharon Coyne
    3. Al, Where was Seldom Seen located? I've never heard of that one either. I've lived around the PIttsburgh area for 60 years and am now finding out there is a lot I don't know about the area. Sharon > Sharon, > > There was only one place more remote and more difficult to believe > that it was in Pittsburgh and that was Seldom Seen. And Seldom Seen > had only about a dozen homes, 1 street that was both In and > Out. Maybe that's why it doesn't exist any more while Duck Hollow does > exist. > > Al > > > > At 06:16 AM 11/18/2007, you wrote: > >My aunt, uncle and cousins loved living down there until the river rose > and > >flooded the road going in there. If they wanted to get out they had to > walk > >up to Brownshill Road. It was nice and quiet down there at the time they > >lived there. My uncle died and my aunt is in a home so they sold the > house > >there. > > > >Sharon > > > > > >On 11/10/07, alenkner@stargate.net <alenkner@stargate.net> wrote: > > > > > > Sharon, > > > > > > There are only about 18 houses in Duck Hollow, if that. It's now the > > > most secluded neighborhood in Pittsburgh now that Seldom Seen has > > > been ruined. Your first exposure to Duck Hollow is one of disbelief. > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:45 AM 11/10/2007, Sharon Coyne wrote: > > > >My aunt and uncle lived in Duck's Hollow for years. My uncle's > parents > > > owned > > > >the house and when his dad died him and my aunt moved in to take care > of > > > his > > > >mother. I'm not sure if there were boarding houses there but since > the > > > >Homestead Steel Mill was right across the river there may have been > > > there. A > > > >lot of the mill workers that traveled to Homestead to work would rent > > > >apartments in the early days. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > PA-PITTSBURGH-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 > >PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1136 - Release Date: > >11/17/2007 2:55 PM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

    11/22/2007 03:01:32