VGN's Morri Branch --- Have We Found MORRI ?

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Hon. Mr John Garner,
Imperial Grand Prefect of Newport, Va.

Thank you, Sir, for posting the reason for the naming of the Morri Branch. I would have never found this on my own !

You shall be duly rewarded with a case of our finest Turnip Schnapps. Meet No. 15 at Dry Branch tomorrow morning... it will be in the baggage car for you.

Using your coordinates, I think I found the location of Morri. Attached is a map abstract from the 1927 USGS Topo, Pineville W.Va, revision of 1944. I have marked what I think may have been the location of "Morri," based on the coordiantes you sent.

To find it today, do a Google Map search for Kathryn Street, Wyoming County, WV. Begin at the lower (southern) end of Kathryn Street, where it junctions with Ravencliff Road and Sabine Bottom Road. This junctioning of roads is marked on the 1927 Topo as Glen Morrison, but that name is no longer recognized in today's mapping. Follow Kathryn Street 4575 feet northwest, to the point where it makes a 90 degree turn to the right and goes up a hollow. The coordinates you furnished point to this bend in the road.

The 1927 Topo clearly identifies what is now Kathryn Street, as the VGN RR. My guess is they pulled up the track and turned it into a township road.

The longer track, below the short track to Morri, is identified on the Topo map as "Lumber RR."  If you want the entire Topo may, this link may get you there:

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#14/37.6899/-81.5257

Would one be guilty of wild and unfounded speculation if be believed that the name MORRI came from the little, no-longer-existent village of Glen MORRIson ... ? You be the judge.

Tach'mintz.

-- abram burnett
Institute for World Turnip Policy
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