Well, we Washingtonians (at least the western side of the Cascades) claim we live in God's Country. Isn't that Heaven on Earth!! And we do have Mount Rainier!. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net "Edgar A. Howard" wrote: > Neighbors Everywhere, > > I recall an old Montana farmer in Big Country boastfully asking > Gregory Peck if he had seen anything as big as the Montana > countryside. Peck's reply was "Yes, a few oceans." <lol> > > As I told the people of S. CA, a very large pile of rocks w/ or > w/o a few ugly pine on it do not a mountain make. If Montana or > anywhere else has mountains 1/10th the beauty of the Blue Ridge I > would be very happy to see them. I'm not interested in a large pile > of rock regardless of how high they are. Are the women of > Montana judged by their size or beauty?? <lol> > > Those blessed people of SW VA do not have to drive anywhere > to see "heaven"; they live there. > > -eddie > > P.S. I have a little data of the Gillespie of Gillespie Hollow in > Tazewell Co. > > You people from Virginia and the rest of that east coast area talking about > mountains, Hollers, valleys, ect. Now come out to Montana and we will show > you some mountains (real mountains so high they reach into the sky ) > valleys so deep that you wonder if they go to the middle of the earth. There > are no Hollers in Montana, but all of my ancestors came from Virginia around > Tazewell so I guess I can't be to rough on "Highlanders" that call a Holler > a Valley. > > Come out here and go over Going-To-The-Sun Highway or The Cook City Highway > and you'll swear that you are going to end up in Heaven. > > If any of you Highlanders know anything about the Wilson & Gillespie Tribes > please let me know. Maybe we are related. > > God Bless, > Bill > William Wilson > gillespy@montana.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edgar A. Howard <ehoward@conknet.com> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 09:57 PM > Subject: Re: Hollars & Valley of Scott Co, VA > > joan & all, > > <<Please define "hollow" for me. Is it like a valley only smaller, more > like a > trough between hills? > And I always thought spelling for the mispronunciation was "holler." > Like in a whoop and a holler.>> > > I hope you don't mind me posting to the List. > > Talk about a subject that will start a fight.<g> This could do it. I > confess that I love the "mispronunciations" of the language of SW VA. > We have discussed it some and I am learning more about it by being in > NH. There is something special about words that end in -ow . I don't > pronounce them in the King's English. Not -low like the low temperature > here in NH tonight. Only about ZERO . But I don't say -lar like those > of the the back counties or hillbillies. I'm a Highlander. For pillow or > hollow > I say -luh . I think that is the right phonetics. > > O.K., the definition. This is mine, please anyone can disagree, > politely.<g> > > It is not a valley in the sense that it is between two distinct mountains. > The mountains in SW VA are mostly ranges. That is a ridge with a spine > that is more or less uniform in height. There is an occasional dip in the > ridge > called a GAP. Thus the Blue RIDGE mts. > > Coming off perpendicular from the ridge are "SPURS" , which are > ridges that run from the mt. ridge to the base of the mt. or the valley. > Between these frequent spurs are "valleys" that slowly rise to the top of > the > mountain. Being the lowest level of its surroundings, there is usually a > creek or > stream running down the hollow to a river that usually runs down the > valleys. Any > time there is a stream running between mts. or spurs there can be a hollow. > The "valley" formed by the gaps in the mountains is a hollow. > There being a stream, the hollow was a good place to put a home if all the > pasture land of the valley is gone. As I have posted, there are some > theories > that certain people, or peoples, who perferred to live in the hollow. You > can't > put a still out in the middle of the valley. There is more privacy in a > hollow. > I bet there are other reasons. > > I hope someone can go better. Make any sense, Joan?? > > -eddie > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #7 "Roll Calls" or such by other names are to be called > by the SYSOP ONLY. NO WARNINGS!! Each member is free to post their > SURNAMES anytime they please. > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #7 "Roll Calls" or such by other names are to be called > by the SYSOP ONLY. NO WARNINGS!! Each member is free to post their > SURNAMES anytime they please. > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #8 Anyone interested and researching SW VA and Appalachian history might > be interested in the Fincastle History Forum list. Contact Edgar at > ehoward@conknet.com or swvaroot@swva.net for a copy of the rules. -- Researching: Alkire, Breckenridge, Burton, Cann, Claypool(e), Denton, Daugherty, Dunbar, Evans, Gorrell, Hagan, Jimenez, Keel, Keith, Kern/es, Ladner, Lawler, Leffler, Littell, Merrifield, Norris, Pettyjohn, Ponsler, Robertson, Robinson, Rogers, Sinex, Sinnickson, Stiddem/Stidham, Tossawa/Tussey, Vantreese, Wachtel/Waughtel, Walker, White, Wilcox, Winfield