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    1. Re: [PA-PITTSBURGH] Dooker's Hollow?
    2. 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

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