Hi again John; If you came from Dawson on rte 3 into Elton, you definitely came thru Lawn. We'll forgive you for not recalling though, since I-64 virtually wiped it out, and it wasn't exactly some place that would stick in your mind in the first place. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cox" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:34 PM Subject: [WVSUMMER] Re: (SUMMER) Vale WV > Jay - did you know the Rock Island school was purchased privately and > moved about one mile from it's original location and now sits on Rt 3?? > Will send you a picture of the school at it's original location and one of > where it now sits--I had at least one COX Cousin attend school there in > 1937 - My parents lived in Elton in 1937 when they were first married - > memory tells me they lived above the store in Elton. > > Last Summer I got off I-64 at the Dawson exit - I had planned to go to > Springdale but wound up coming into Elton on Rt 3. Might have went thru > Lawn but don't recall............. > > Every summer I travel by Toledo on I-80 on my way East..........sometimes > even come back that way.......... > > Nostalgia is good for the mind; a little of that and one will be entering > new stuff in the family files !!! > > John in SD > > > On Jan 16 Jay wrote: > Hi; Lawn, WV is one of those places that you almost can't get to from > here. >> >> Best way I know how to describe it is; Route 20, about half way between >> Hinton and Rainelle, there is a settlement called Elton, which is where I >> grew up. >> >> At Elton, Route 3 branches off Rte 20 and goes east. Take rte 3 (@1 >> mile, >> you'll go by where I lived) up to the top of the mountain where the road >> levels out, and that's Lawn, WV. Continue on and you come to Grassy >> Meadows, the Dawson, where rte 3 ends. >> >> Years back, Lawn was a settlement of perhaps a dozen or so farms/families >> (as was Elton), and it had a 1 room church, and old country store. You >> could buy gas at Elton, but not at Lawn. >> >> Nowadays, with the Interstate, and no work, both places are virtual ghost >> towns, sad to say. >> >> I had the distinct honor of starting grade school, in 1947, in a Norman >> Rockwell type old one room school house called Rock Island, where grades >> 1 >> thru 8 were taught, spread over a group of maybe 25 kids. >> >> Lord, them were the days !! Had so much fun growing up. Everyone was >> dirt >> poor, but we didn't know it, so it didn't matter, cause we had FAMILY. >> >> I gotta get off this nostalgia highway now, or I'll never get anything >> else >> done. >> >> Glad to make your aquaintance. >> >> Jay > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Message transport security by GatewayDefender.com > 6:35:08 PM ET - 1/16/2006 >