A note about Crabbottom: The present-day town of Blue Grass was indeed formerly called Crabbottom, as others have pointed out. There was another area also called Crabbottom, sometimes Crabapple Bottom, as seen on old maps from the late 1700s and early 1800s. The exact boundries of the Crabbottom area are not clear on these old maps, but it was north of New Hampden and appears to continue on north for a ways beyond where the South Branch River turns east toward Blue Grass. This is important when determining where ancestors lived because an old reference to Crabbottom often meant the area, not the town. Bill Rexroad Hutchinson, Kansas

I should get out my map to refresh my memory, but I believe the town of New Hampton was established by my gggg grandfather John Snyder. Crabbottom or Crabapplebottom was an area that started above the present Pendleton/Highland Co line. I do not think the area ran clear down to the present road to Monterey. At least it is not shown that way on early maps. The settlers of this area mostly came down from the north, not up from the south. The first of them I believe was Michael Arbogast. The Snyders/Sniders first were above Crabbottom. John got his first land in that area when his father bought it for him. The Waybrights also settled in that area. Does anyone know why they started calling this area Bluegrass? Jean

As I understand it, the soldiers objected when teased about being from "Crabbottom," and the name Bluegrass was more genteel. I think it was changed about the time of the First World War. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Loudin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [WVPENDLE] Crabbottom > I should get out my map to refresh my memory, but I believe the town of > New Hampton was established by my gggg grandfather John Snyder. > Crabbottom or Crabapplebottom was an area that started above the present > Pendleton/Highland Co line. I do not think the area ran clear down to > the present road to Monterey. At least it is not shown that way on early > maps. The settlers of this area mostly came down from the north, not up > from the south. The first of them I believe was Michael Arbogast. The > Snyders/Sniders first were above Crabbottom. John got his first land in > that area when his father bought it for him. The Waybrights also settled > in that area. > > Does anyone know why they started calling this area Bluegrass? > > Jean > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > >