On Thursday, December 27, 2001, at 09:00  AM, Phil Lord wrote:

> Please note the following request from Kansas. I do not find this in
> the current Geographic Place Names index. Anyone who can help, do not
> reply to me, and do not reply to this list. Please send your
> information to the person indicated below:
>
> I am trying to find the location of a town or city once known as
> Monarch, New York.  This location is inscribed on the baseplate of a
> lamp I had found in my grandfather's barn, and the location named has
> thus far eluded all inquiry.  I do not know if you would have the time
> to reply, but if you have any suggestions on how I might find
> background on this lost city, I would certainly appreciate it.  Please
> reply to [log in to unmask]
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kevin Haynes
> Overland Park, Kansas

Not sure if this would help.  This page
<http://pages.tias.com/74/InventoryPage/2402/1.html> has a lamp called a
Dietz Monarch, and it appears it may have run the name and the city
together.  But then here is a dress that may have been made in a
monarch, new york: <http://nancysniftynook.com/NvclothingP5.htm>.

Other than that, searching the web, there didn't seem to be anything.  A
few hits for "monarch ny," but that was for a publishing house called
monarch.

CKP
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