Mailing List:1999-08-01 01, Re: Whitney Maps, by Robert L. Ward
Mailing List Archives > 1999-08-01 01, Re: Whitney Maps, by Robert L. Ward
From: "Robert L. Ward" <rlward1 -at- erols.com> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Whitney Maps Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:53:45 -0400 WRG, At 08:11 AM 7/30/99 -0700, Shawn Whitney wrote: >Hello Group, > >Call me silly on this one perhaps but I was looking for a particular >Booneville on Microsoft's Expedia Maps site last night when I decided to >also type in "Whitney" on the search. Of course it gave me Whitney on >the Wye in England but it also gave me the town or city of Whitney in >each of the following states: >Alabama >California >Florida >Georgia >Idaho >Michigan >Mississippi >North Carolina >Oregon >Pennsylvania >Texas - Brisco County >Texas - Hill County >Washington >And Canada: >New Brunswick >Ontario > >My thought was that if we linked these maps to the WRG site, then over >time each of us in the particular area might investigate a town or two. >For instance, I learned that Whitney, WA is just an hour or so north of >where I live. I could call or stop in to the Chamber of Commerce and >try to find a town historian to tell me for whom or what the town was >named. If it was named for a prominent citizen, perhaps his lineage >would be easily obtainable to link to our growing tree. Some of them we >probably already have. (i.e.: I think the Whitney, CA is already in >Pierce's book. I remember reading it). And since I am close, perhaps I >could also do Oregon's Whitney. This is all just a thought but.... >Easy for me to say because I am not the one maintaining this wonderful >website. > >The MS Expedia site is: ><a href="http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp">http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp</a> >and the maps are linked with just a click of the mouse. > >Have a good day. >Shawn Boone Whitney >Seattle, WA just south of Whitney, WA If you visit the following webpage, you will find lots of places with the name "Whitney" included. <<a href="http://www.whitneygen.org/misc/places.html>">http://www.whitneygen.org/misc/places.html></a>; I have linked most of them to Expedia maps, so they can be located. If anyone visits any of them and has information on how they were named, or any other interesting data, I will be happy to coordinate these visits and receive the data. We already have several. See the webpage for details. Shawn Whitney will do Whitney, WA, and Whitney, OR. Karen Grubaugh will take Whitney, FL, and Whitney Beach, FL. Marion Leska has offered to cover Whitney places in NV. I'll try to locate Whitney's Landing, MD. Anyone else? Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <<a href="http://www.whitneygen.org/&g">http://www.whitneygen.org/&g</a>
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