Sorry about that the error. The word should have been spelled inexpensive. At 10:59 AM 13/03/1999 -0600, you wrote: >Hi Cousins and all, > Crab Orchard borders Beckley city limits on WV Route 16, Sophia is the >next town and to get to Coal City turn off on to a small county road in >Sophia. This road will go through Coal City and then on to Ghent. > Now I don't mind letting any one know where a place is, but here is a >very **expensive way to check out the small towns and coal camps which are not >on most highway maps. I have sets for Wyoming, Raleigh and Mercer Counties. I >grew up in that "neck of the woods" but these maps help me find the places I >remembered. Also, strip mining and logging work has destroyed a lot of the >old >roads we travel when I was a child. >The best map I have came from the West Virginia Division of Highways >Department >in Charleston, WV. Now the Chamber of Commerce sends out a Beckley map with a >Raleigh County map on the back, but the other ones has more detail. when I got >mine (about 10 years ago) they were only $1.00 per sheet, but it is best to >write first for the cost of the County map requested. >West Virginia Department of Transportation >Division of Highways >State Capitol Complex, Building 5 >Charleston, WV 25305 > > > >>> >One more thing: Where is Crab Orchard? I remember it from when I was >young, >>> >a long time ago!(like Ghent, Sophia an Coal City) But I can't remember >>> >where it is. Thank you bunches, Carole Farley Eklund "Carole S. Eklund" ><karo@trib.com> >> >