In a message dated 2/28/2000 7:22:02 AM Mountain Standard Time, ddaly@nextek.net writes: << Maybe you can help me clear up a misunderstanding. I thought Pendleton was originally part of Hardy Co. which broke off from Augusta Co. Can you give me the real scoop with years the separation took place. >> It appears there are more than one "Crab Bottom" that once existed. When I use this source, the one that existed in Virginia appears. Maybe the WV one was so small, it got missed. http://shiva.pub.getty.edu/tgn_browser/