At 01:24 PM 05/08/98 -0400, you wrote: >>>>> 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 > Pardon my ignorance if my response is not on target regarding the question, but I have not been closely tracking this thread. Regarding Thendara in Herkimer County, that name apparently applies to the collection of buildings just south of Old Forge village proper. There is a roadsign labelling the area "Thendara". A check of the "Existing RailRoad Stations in New York" website at http://www.spectra.net/~woolever/depot/index2.html shows that the depot in Thendara was built by the New York Central in 1892. The facilities are still in use by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. regards, Greg Ketcham