Dodie; You may be right on where Hughey was located Did you know there was town name Spankem, on Huff creek ?When the railroad was built, the trainmen watched as a mother spanked her naughty kids; they yelled,"spankem, lady" and the name took hold. Shelby

Shelby, I have never heard of "Spankem" <grin>. You all are the best! My arthritis is acting up as usual, so I am very limited as to how much I can participate in the discussions, but here is some info I dug out: (A couple of excerpts from unpublished manuscript "Peach Creek WV, A Doorway To America" by Dodie (Smith) Browning.) "The first post office for the Peach Creek and Crooked Creek area was called Hughey, West Virginia. It was about two miles up Crooked Creek, at what later became Johnson Camp. The Hughey post office was about 3/4 mile below two coal mines that were in operation and where company owned homes were built to house the mine employees"...... ....."The Hughey Post Office, Logan County WV, opened 26 March 1909. It was discontinued July 15, 1925; mail to Peach Creek". (Hughey Information from USPS Archives, Washington DC and Interviews with Myrtle (Avis) White, a retired Postmaster, who began her career with the Peach Creek post office in 1935 and Frank P. "Rusty" Corn, octogenarian and lifelong resident of Peach Creek.) BurgessWV@aol.com wrote: Dodie; You may be right on where Hughey was located Did you know there was town name Spankem, on Huff creek ?When the railroad was built, the trainmen watched as a mother spanked her naughty kids; they yelled,"spankem, lady" and the name took hold. Shelby --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.