I am not sure if I thanked every one for their inputs on my request for information on various locations in WV. I did write and receive a map of Preston County and also have on loan thru the interlibrary program a copy of "West Virginia Place Names" by Hamill Kenny. Two great references. Many thanks again to all that responded to my request. Richard [email protected] Original Message ----- From: Air Pix Post Office <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:05 PM Subject: RE: [PYLE] Re: Places > Richard, > > Write to the Preston County Chamber of Commerce and they'll mail you a > Preston County map if you ask for it. Most of these are on it. I just got > back from there and I got one of the maps. Not many cemeteries on it > though. Bird's Creek is where my family is from and it's just North of > Newburg on WV 92. Bird's Creek Road runs from 92 over to Just south of > Kingwood. Only a few miles. > > I'm from Randolph County where Laurel Mountain is. It's just North of > Elkins off US 219. > > Charlie Pyles > Cold Spring, KY > > Visit the Air Pix Website at: > http://www.airpixphoto.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PYLE] Re: Places > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ----615f14e4753d3689 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Richard, > > In addition to the sources Sara suggested, you may want to try a book > entitled West Virginia > Place Names. I ran across it at the West Virginia state archives when I > made a trip there about > a year and a half ago. It's an older book, but it is absolutely wonderful. > Something that I found > that you should keep in mind when you look for these little places in WV is > that their names changed! > I was looking for a place called Ruby, WV. I contacted all kinds of people > and looked in all kinds of > atlases to no avail. When I went to the archives, I asked one of the > archivists if he had ever heard of > it. He had not, but he showed me the book. I looked in there, and, sure > enough, there it was. Ruby > was originally called Fraziers Bottom, and, for some unknown reason around > the time of the Hoover > administration, its name changed to Ruby. After some time, the name changed > back to Fraziers Bottom. > Very odd if you ask me! Anyway, I don't have the citation details of the > book with me right now, > but if you're interested I can get them at home and let you know. > > John Means > Columbus, OH > [email protected] > > > In reading various e-mails I came across several "place" names in Preston > County, WV > > e.g. > > Preston Glades--Birds Creek--Wonderly Cemetery--Laurell Mountain--Fairax > Pond > > Is there any one out there that could identify the exact(?) map locations > of the above? > Also if available---where could I pick up such a map. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Richard > > > ----615f14e4753d3689 > > X-Message: #2 > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:28:43 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PYLE] HELP! > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Eddie > > Sorry I can't help you. > > Shirley Pyle > > ______________________________ > ----615f14e4753d3689 > > X-Message: #3 > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:28:04 -0400 > From: "R. F. Clark" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [PYLE] Places > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > In reading various e-mails I came across several "place" names in Preston > County, WV > > e.g. > > Preston Glades--Birds Creek--Wonderly Cemetery--Laurell Mountain--Fairax > Pond > > Is there any one out there that could identify the exact(?) map locations of > the above? > Also if available---where could I pick up such a map. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Richard > > ______________________________ > ----615f14e4753d3689 > > X-Message: #4 > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:07:47 -0500 > From: Sara <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [PYLE] Places -Preston Co. WV > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi Richard, > > I have a DeLorme West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer that I use to look up > some places. I don't recall exactly where I got this but it should be > available through bookstores...might have to special order one. > DeLorme's address is P.O. Box 298, Yarmouth, Maine 04096. Their website > is www.delorme.com > > Couldn't find a Preston Glades..did find Preston (a town) just south of > Kingwood, on Hwy 72, on Cheat River. > > Bird's Creek runs roughly parallel to Hwy. 92 between C.R. 58 and > C.R.92-6. At least that is the way it looks. That is kind of southwest > of Kingwood. > > Fairfax Pond appears to be a little northeast of Bird's Creek. It is NW > of Kingwood, situated eastwardly between Reedsville and Arthurdale. > > You can also look at sites on the net by going to: > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > Wonderly Cemetery and also Laurel Mountain can probably be found at the > url given just above. > > Hope this helps. > Sara > Melissa, Texas > [email protected] > > > "R. F. Clark" wrote: > > > > In reading various e-mails I came across several "place" names in Preston > County, WV > > > > e.g. > > > > Preston Glades--Birds Creek--Wonderly Cemetery--Laurell Mountain--Fairax > Pond > > > > Is there any one out there that could identify the exact(?) map locations > of the above? > > Also if available---where could I pick up such a map. > > > > > > ----615f14e4753d3689-- > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > List archives can be found at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Copyright 2000-Author retains copyright > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > Copyright 2000-Author retains copyright