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From: "Houston" <>
Subject: [PaCambri] Byrnesville references?
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:54:15 -0500


Now that I'm a little more awake I found on the 1890's map two Burns are
located just on the north side of the road along Walnut creek. You can view
the map at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/sus/sus.html

Marcia Fronk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Houston" <>
To: "Ed Byrnes" <>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [PaCambri] Byrnesville references?


> Ed,
> I think Byrnesville may have been one of the many short lived coal
> settlements that sprang up around Barnesboro in the early 1900's. I looked
> through the several maps I have, but did not find Bynesville. I have two
> similar situations; Andy Long Town was mentioned in a newspaper obit,
> on a deed I have the village of McClainville is mentioned. I know that
Andy
> Long was a person owning land near or in Barnesboro.
> When the coal mining went into full swing many workers came to the
area
> and needed housing. So I see surrounding land owners putting the
> lumber they just finished harvesting of their land back in the form of
> houses. Just
> as you mentioned, Barnesboro and Spangler were swallowed up to form
> Northern Cambria. I think most small settlements lost their identity as
> neighboring towns grew.
> Walnut Run is a creek that runs from Allport to Barnesboro. A road
> follows
> the creek and has several small settlements off of that road. There is
also
> a good
> size coal operation north of the road/creek in that area.
>
> Marcia Fronk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Byrnes" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:46 PM
> Subject: [PaCambri] Byrnesville references?
>
>
> > Does anyone have any newspaper accounts which refer to Byrnesville? This
> Byrnesville is near North Barnesboro, Cambria Co., PA (not the one by
> Centralia). I have never seen it on a map but it is between North
Barnesboro
> (now Northern Cambria) and Allport.
> > Anything that mentions Byrnesville would be excellent!
> > Does anyone know if any of the early Cambria newspapers can be searched
on
> line?
> >
> > Thanks to all,
> > ~Ed
>

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