Alta Mons was the old Crockett Springs Hotel Property and was bought by a Mr. Stewart abt. 1940 who tore down the hotel building and made a house out of part of the hotel building. Edgar Vest PSALM 100:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: >From: "Rena Worthen" <doreatr@rbnet.com> >Reply-To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com >To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Altamont Hospital >Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:18:32 -0500 > >I was born there to. > >The Alta Mons was a resort in Alleghany Springs. I don't know of there ever >being a hospital there. I think I am correct on the spelling. >Rena >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Regina Spradlin" <rspradlin@triad.rr.com> >To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 10:12 PM >Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Altamont Hospital > > > > Donna, > > > > I also grew up right up the street from the hospital, and was born >there, > > too. > > Where did you live? > > > > Regina Spradlin > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On > > Behalf Of Donna Hayden > > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:52 PM > > To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [VAFLOYD] New Altamont Hospital > > > > Here are some links, but there should be a lot more. I grew up a couple >of > > blocks from the hospital and was also born there. I think someone may >have > > written either a book about the hospital or about the doctor there. I > > remember the doctor who headed the hospital was very well known. His >name > > was Joe Showalter, and his son, Joey is now a Judge in Montgomery >County. > > > > > > >http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Montgomery/154-0048_Cambria_H > > istoric_District_1991_Final_Nomination.pdf > > > > http://photos.newrivernotes.com/thumbnails.php?album=29 > > > > http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747534-3,00.html > > > > Donna > > ********************************** > > Note from List Administrator!!! > > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > > Call. > > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > > something > > about your Brick Wall person. > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > ********************************** > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ********************************** > > Note from List Administrator!!! > > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > > something about your Brick Wall person. > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > ********************************** > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >********************************** >Note from List Administrator!!! >The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >something about your Brick Wall person. >To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >********************************** >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message