No index listing for either village of Thendara or town of Webb in French's Gazeteer (1861). David >A check of the Federal place names database for New York State reveals no >place name "Thendara" so this is a dead end for researching historic >origins. An old card index of New York State place nmes, however, reveals >a card as follows: "Thendara, Unincorp. village, Town of Webb, Herkimer >County; There is no record of any early history or name origin. WPA" > > > >Philip Lord, Jr. >Historical Survey >New York State Museum >[log in to unmask] > >>>> Mary Jo Barone <[log in to unmask]> 08/04 11:37 AM >>> >The Ontario County Historian, Preston Pierce, is looking for information re >the name Thendara. Since 1913 the name of a popular Canandaigua Lake >resort, Thendara is supposedly the name of a site near Old Forge, NY. Lyon >deCamp is said to have convinced the NY Central Railroad to use the name >circa 1920. Is the name mythological in origin? Is it native American? Or >does it come from popular fiction of that time? And who is Lyon deCamp? >Mary Jo Barone >Ontario County Records and Archives David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Rochester, New York 716 264-0423 [log in to unmask] http://home.eznet.net/~dminor