IF YOU WOULD LIKE A WEB SITE FOR MONONGAHELA PLEASE GO TO www.placesnamed.com/M/o/monongahela.asp good luck CINDY -----Original Message----- From: Mike Donaldson <mdonald4@bentcom.net> To: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:09 PM Subject: [PAMONVAL] Re: Specific Question... >Mike Landers wrote: > >> Hello Mike, >> >> Could you tell me what the proper origin, pronunciation, and meaning of the >> word Monongahela is? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike Landers > >Hi Mike >The pronounciation of Monongahela is, I guess, pretty much the way it is >spelled. >Mo·non·ga·he·la > >Folks who live nearby usually take the easier way out - The river is known as >simply "The Mon", The town is Mon City. and the area is the Mon Valley. > >Although I've seen slightly different meanings, they are all basically the >same. Monongahela, is derived from a Native American word meaning "high banks >or bluffs, breaking off and falling down at places". (Much of the Monongahela >Valley still fits that discription. > >As far back as I've seen history written about the area, dating back to the mid >1700's, the river was always known as the Monongahela. > >Hope this helps! >-- >Thanks >Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ > >Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: > http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ > >My family gedcom: > http://www.my-ged.com/donldson >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Listowner of: >Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: > PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode > PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode > >Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list > Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode > Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode > > > >==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== > > >