Jim. I had checked my French's and seen the Blood's Depot and no Atlanta. Thanks for supplying the date of the change. I think they should change it back, but some people don't want too much "character". David Minor >I am town historian of Cohocton, Steuben County, NY, which includes the >hamlet of Atlanta. The post office and railroad station at that place >were named "Atlanta" in 1892, at the request of the local citizenry. The >place was formerly known as "Blood's Depot," from the last name of an >early settler. > >The former Cohocton town historian, W. Merle Wheaton, born in 1911 and now >deceased, lived his whole life in Atlanta and vicinity. He knew most of >the older residents, but he was never able to learn why the name "Atlanta" >was chosen. I suspect that "Blood's" was considered an unpleasant name, >and that Atlanta was chosen because it commemorated a Union victory in the >Civil War, and because it sounded better. > >Jim Folts >Cohocton Town Historian >PO Box 327 >Cohocton, NY 14826 David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 716 264-0423 [log in to unmask] To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts, e-mail me at the address above. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 450,000,000 BC to 1990 AD.