Mike and Charlotte: I've tried to find out the date of the Freed fire, but have been unable to do so. Some time back someone wrote the library in Grantsville wanting to know the date. Several people were contacted and by best estimation it is believed that it was about 1904. Unfortunately, there is a gap in the newspaper microfilms for the same period so we have apparently "lost" that record. I collect old Calhoun photos and am trying to get them ready for the internet. I would be very interested in including any old photos you might have. I have a sample site of 100 photos on my homepage at: http://home.wirefire.com/norma I also am working with Bob Weaver on his Hur Herald webpage and have a section called Photo of the Day. Each day a new photo is uploaded and ones from prior days are placed in an Archives section. If you would be interested in looking at that site the URL is: http://www.hurherald.com If you visit these sites, an entry in the guestbooks would be much appreciated along with your comments. You might also include your question about when the fire occurred in the guestbook in the off chance that someone out there in cyberspace might have the info and get in touch with you. If you would be interested in contacting me regarding inclusion of your photos in my collection, please e-mail me and we can work out details. Thanks, Norma Knotts Shaffer Mike & Charlotte Morrison wrote: > Among some old photographs that my father-in-law handed down to me, I found a picture > of Henry and Martha Morrison in front of the Freed Post Office/General Store. My father- > in-law enjoys telling that he was "born in the city of Freed, a city that was completely > destroyed when the Post Office/General Store burned to the ground." Does anyone > know the dates, or approximately when that building burned? > > I know that Martha Morrison died Oct. 8, 1925, so the demise of the "city" would have > been after that date. > > Does anyone know when the Post Office burned and what, if anything, is on that property > now? > > Charlotte Morrison > > ==== WVCALHOU Mailing List ==== > The address for the WVCALHOU Mailing List ARCHIVES is: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl