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Re: (erielack) Railroad place names - off topic
Come on Dave!! get your facts right!!! HA (just kidding), I-R is (whats
left) in the Corning "area" but its actually in the metropolis of Painted
Post.
Now, local rumor had it that Painted Post actually got its' name, just from
what it implies. There was a "painted post" that the settlers put up. Once a
week, ususally on a Saturday evening, the VERY bored settlers would capture
and indian (native american), tie him to this painted post, and burn him
alive for thier entertainment. Not sure how true that is, just my hometown,
and everyone there insisted that was how it got named.
Almost as odd as the next town over.......... "Horse Heads". That town got
its name from a fort that was under seize from native americans, they held
out as long as they could, until reinforcements arrived. The reinforcements
found that the troups and townspeople had eaten everything insite, with the
exception of all the "horse heads" that were lying around. Again, local
folklore, and doubt the truth.
Scott
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "David Green" <davandli_@_ptdprolog.net>
To: "ELHS Mailing List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:48 PM
Subject: (erielack) Railroad place names - off topic
> Listers:
>
> Recently, there was a thread about streets named Erie and Lackawanna.
Well,
> today I happened to be in Jasper (where the h--- is Jasper, you ask? It's
> about 15 miles south of Hornell, NY). On my return north, on State Route
> 36, I had to do a double-take when I passed an intersecting highway: It
was
> named MILWAUKEE ROAD! Think the person who named that was a railfan?
Good
> possibility, even way back when.
>
> Local history: Ingersoll-Rand is (or was) a big employer in the Corning
> area, as well as an important Erie customer. The RAND name comes from two
> brothers who got into the pump business. The first names of these two men
> were JASPER and ADDISON. The former begets the name of the hamlet I was
in
> today and the latter is the namesake of the village in the Canisteo River
> Valley, on the Erie mainline west of Corning. Also, the Buffalo &
> Susquehanna interchanged with the Erie there.
>
> I wonder if they will post this.
>
> - Dave Green, ELHS #1366
>
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