Your answer seems very reasonable to me. All I ever heard was that it was called bar ditch was because among other reasons, it was there to bar you from crossing over and getting on someone's private property. Again, just a matter of who was doing the talking in the past. Sam Paris ----- Original Message ----- From: "worley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks >I always that 'bar ditch' was just what it was called, until my husband > worked for the highway dept and told me that it is really "barrow ditch" > because when roads were first being built soil was 'barrowed' from the > sides > of the road to be packed into the road bed. I can see how 'barrow' > became > 'bar'.... > > Linda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan and Rae Jean" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:09 AM > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks > > >> I got teased when we moved to Missouri for a short time...they asked what > in >> the world is a bar ditch"? Well I thought everyone knew that! >> RJ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Tow sacks >> >> >> > My mother used directly as "dreckly". I didn't know for a long time >> > growing >> > up, how in the world would you spell that. I also thought that tow > sacks, >> > which we used at our house, was tote sacks. I figured that was another >> > wrong >> > word, and "bar" ditch. >> > >> > Marilyn >> > Detroit, TX >> > >> > >> > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > >> >> >> ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >