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    1. [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville

    3. Hi List Can someone please help me with the location of Snickersville in Loudoun Co. in 1850's. Thank You Sondra

    12/31/2001 02:31:12
    1. Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville
    2. P. Duncan

    3. >From "Guide to Loudoun" by Eugene Scheel: Originally called Snickers' Gap, P.O. 1807-1830; informally called Punkintown after load of pumpkins rolled down mtn from errant wagon. P.O. called Snickersville from 1830-1900. Named for late-18th-c. farmer and land speculator Edward Snickers. P.O. changed to Bluemont in 1900 at suggestion of J. P. Morgan's Southern Ry; PR men thought name more enticing to D.C. tourist trade. Historian Briscoe Goodheart wrote in 1917: "Enough valuable history was buried by changing the name of Snickersville to Bluemont to cause the ghost of Edward Snickers, the German pioneer, to haunt the officials of the Southern Railway forever." Sunday auto excursions of early '20's ended resort dreams of the Southern. Highest village in Loudoun, 700 ft at P.O. Site of Bluemont Fair in fall. Pat Duncan p.duncan@worldnet.att.net sondrafoley@juno.com wrote: > > Hi List > Can someone please help me with the location of Snickersville > in Loudoun Co. in 1850's. > > Thank You > Sondra > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com

    12/31/2001 03:32:19
    1. Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville
    2. Robert C. McArtor

    3. Hello, I only know that its name was changed. The name Bluemont comes to mind, but I'll check on it and get back to you. Aye, Bob McArtor ----- Original Message ----- From: <sondrafoley@juno.com> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville > Hi List > Can someone please help me with the location of Snickersville > in Loudoun Co. in 1850's. > > Thank You > Sondra > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com > >

    12/31/2001 03:43:35
    1. Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville

    3. Sondra, Snickersville was located southwest of Leesburg. It is also known as Sniggersville Gap. Some of my JAMES and CLAYTON family came from there. There is a book about the town: Snickersville by ? Herron Smith. Thomas Balch Library has a copy of it. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: <sondrafoley@juno.com> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville > Hi List > Can someone please help me with the location of Snickersville > in Loudoun Co. in 1850's. > > Thank You > Sondra > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com >

    12/31/2001 03:48:15
    1. Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville
    2. Robert C. McArtor

    3. Yes, Sondra, Bluemont is the new name for Snickersville, though the Snickersville Pike retains that name. Aye, and Happy Hogmanay (Scots New Years) to you. Bob McArtor ----- Original Message ----- From: <sondrafoley@juno.com> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Snickersville > Hi List > Can someone please help me with the location of Snickersville > in Loudoun Co. in 1850's. > > Thank You > Sondra > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com > >

    12/31/2001 03:54:56