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From: Jane McCann Walsh <>
Subject: Re: [PAFAY] Rainey
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 12:28:36 -0500
In-Reply-To: <001e01c28292$19750250$a6463841@nicolette>


At 12:05 PM 11/2/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Is anyone aware of a coal mining area called Rainey in Fayette County? My
>great grandfather died in Rainey, yet can't seem to remember where it was
>located. I suspect if it is in Fayette County, it was extremely close to
>the Westmoreland border.

Could "Rainey" have been another name for the village of Chestnut Ridge in
Redstone Twp., adjacent to Menallen? Chestnut Ridge was one of the company
towns owned by the W.J. Rainey Coke Co. and appears to have been the
northern most town owned by that company in Fayette.


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