In a message dated 7/21/99, 10:53:05 AM, [email protected] writes: <<http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html>> When you use this site, click "YES" to alternate names. This will expand the search to other names a place may be known by that are in the database. I remember reading somewhere that one of the first railroads built in SC was from Charleston to across the river from Augusta, GA. I'll bet it followed an established trade route. Frank J.