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From: Mike RANSOM <>
Subject: Re: [West-Historic] DRY RIDGE - where is it?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:57:36 -0700
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Marian Steward wrote:

>Has anyone heard of Dry Ridge in Westmoreland County? I can't seem to find it's location on a map. What map would have it identified?
>
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It's listed on GNIS, with links to maps of the area. The
GeographicNamesInformationSystem is a veritable gold mine of
information, including historical places. This should be the first
place you look for land features, and it should be a favorite bookmark!
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/
The Canada GNIS-type server is at
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php

Another source is online maps, although often inaccurate or lacking
sufficient detail,
such as http://mapquest.com, which shows "Dry Ridge" on a bend in
Roskovensky Road.
note: Mapquest maps don't work on Firefox ( at least, on mine!)

Mike

This thread:

• DRY RIDGE - where is it? by "Marian Steward" <>
  • Re: [West-Historic] DRY RIDGE - where is it? by <>
  • Re: [West-Historic] DRY RIDGE - where is it? by Jack Shrum <>

  • Re: [West-Historic] DRY RIDGE - where is it? by Mike RANSOM <>