I was only using an imaginary "Bucksnort" as an example.........I didn't know there was a real place. I knew there was a cemetery named Bucksnort. So please NO ONE take my "Bucksnort" seriously but do enjoy the Byegone Towns page! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: Fisher <Fisher@hcol.net> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON] Byegone Towns > I live in Lexington, TN, and I can personnally tell you that yes, Bucksnort > does still exist. We pass the sign every time we travel to Nashville. > Bucksnort is in Hickman County on or near the Duck River. It's west of > Nashville on I-40 just east of the Hickman Co. line. The gas station and > store are still there, but I think the Steak and Shake is out of business. > Of course, I chuckle every time I see the sign and I'm curious about the > origin of the name. I hope you can find it on your map. It's on mine. > :) Karyl Fisher > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Wilson <wilsonna@sonic.net> > To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:30 PM > Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON] Byegone Towns > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Vicki . . . > > > >" . . .he was born in Buck > >>Snort, TN and you cannot locate it on a map, possibly because it no longer > >>exists." > > > >Oh, say it isn't so!! > > > >My husband and I spent a night in Bucksnort only a few years ago! Is it > >really gone? (Well, it WAS only a motel at an interchange, but we have > >never forgotten Bucksnort.) > >I'd hate to think it's really gone . . . > > > >Nancy > > >