[PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps

[John Swindler]

As I've quoted before, Fred,

'anyone who knows only one way to spell a word shows a lack of creativity' 
<ggg>   (and unfortunately, when it comes to spelling, I have a bad habit of 
being very creative)

As anyone with an interest in genealogy will tell you, Fred, there are 
multiple ways to spell last names.  And place names.

Some useless trivia I discovered couple weeks ago.  Ever hear of the Rapidan 
River in northern Virginia??  An old map from the early 1700s in Berkeley 
Plantation lists it as the "Rapid Anne River".

(well, I thought it was interesting)

John




>From: "Fred W. Schneider III" <fschnei at supernet.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:30:27 -0500
>
>
>Obfuscate it even more, will you.  Now we have three spellings.  And we
>complain that Americans today don't know how to spell or speak.
>
>"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> >
> > The Railways Company spelled it "McClain" but the family spelled it
> > "McClane."  PTM will use the latter.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> > W. Schneider III
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:56 AM
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps
> >
> > On the Washington - Meadowlands map, you will see a McLane mine
> > (inactive) and a McLane Bridge.
> > The McLane bridge is adjacent to the north end of the museum property
> > ... where the new loop is being built.
> >
> > If I'm not mistaken, the trolley company stop at North Main St. extended
> > was McClain Stop (not McLane).  Edward can correct me.
> >
> > Jim Holland wrote:
> > >
> > > Good Morning!!
> > >
> > >         Excellent scans, Don,  --  Thank You for taking the time to 
>scan
> > and post.   These copies
> > > appear better than what I have  --  excellent detail on screen makes 
>it
> > easy to follow the
> > > line.   Maybe mine are just as good but my perspective on them is 
>wrong.
> > >
> > >
>


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