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| Date: | Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:45:01 -0400 |
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Mary Jo,
I just checkerd the Heritage Quest database ("25,000 Local and Family
Histories") and came up empty. I'll pass your query on to several folkies
and get back to you if I get a positive reply.
David Minor
> A resident of my town has asked me if Yewdall's Mill, featured in the
>folk song, "The Girl From Yewdall's Mill," was real or fictitious.
>The canal song also mentions Fairmount and Phoenixville and Ginea
>Hill. French's Gazetteer lists Fairmount as a canal stop in the town
>of Camillus in Onondaga County. Phoenixville may be Phoenix in the
>town of Schroeppel in Oswego County. Neither French's nor Spafford's
>refer to Yewdall's Mill. Does anyone have any knowledge of this place?
>Mary Jo Lanphear Town of Brighton Historian
David Minor
Eagles Byte Historical Research
Pittsford, New York
585 264-0423
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Visit the Canal Society of New York State page at http://www.canalsnys.org/
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includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from
approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1991 AD.
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