<<No info on when sugarcane came to VA. But, do I get the "post of the week" for providing info about sugarcane and maple syrup/maple sugar????????>>>>>>>>>>> I guess, unless someone can determine when cane syrup came to SW VA. According to the book ALEX maple sugar was still being harvested after the turn of the century. Will we still call 1900 the turn of the century, after the next turn of the century?? I feel old!!! <lol> -eddie Sugarcane cultivation began in what is now the United States in the middle of the 18th century, when cuttings were planted in New Orleans. The first American sugar refinery was built in New York City in 1689, and the industry was finally established by the 1830s. Pat ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #4 Chain letters, gossip, non-genealogical notes, commercial ads, pleas for help, etc. are PROHIBITED on this List. Violators will be promptly locked out. -sysop Feminism AIN'T ladylike