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From: (Thomas Shade)
Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] KEMPTON
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:33:53 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: "connie beachy" <cbeachy@gcnetmail.net>'s message of Fri, 11 Jul 2003 20:09:54 -0400


Schlossnagle does not say how Kempton got its name. It was a mining
town, and I bet a mine owner was named Kemp. Apparently the miners
bought necessities from the company store, using company paper money
with which they had been paid.

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