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Siwsan

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6. If they finish it, before I get there, maybe I can take a ride!

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:08 PM

Aug 2017

But seriously, I really can't wait to see where my family settled, when they left the coal mines of Wales, for the coal mines of Maryland.

The main reason my Grandfather moved the family to Flint (I mean besides being able to get a great job at Buick) was because he was trapped in a mine collapse, and he didn't want his sons to ever have to take on that kind of dangerous work.

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a cheer for my state .... [View all] kwassa Aug 2017 OP

My family comes from Frostburg, MD Siwsan Aug 2017 #1

Frostburg MD has its very own Noah's Ark! yellowcanine Aug 2017 #2

HA! I'm planning a trip to do some family tree research - Siwsan Aug 2017 #3

Can't really miss it. You can see it from I-68. yellowcanine Aug 2017 #5

If they finish it, before I get there, maybe I can take a ride! Siwsan Aug 2017 #6

It has been like that as long as I can remember. Don't think finishing it is going to happen... yellowcanine Aug 2017 #7

Love how quickly Baltimore's Mayor Pugh acted in taken down their statues. rogue emissary Aug 2017 #4

She was quick. Hogan was, too .... kwassa Aug 2017 #8