Ellen Norris  wrote:
 ... I have had no luck ... ("Request Fail" message always appears)....

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I surmise that the problem is using USGS GNIS links shown in some archived email
messages. For example, 
in the archived message found at

http://www.liszt.com/read/SCRoots-L/[email protected]

you will find several URLs like the following.

http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/GetDetail?tab=Y&id=1235897

But, if you click on the URL, you might find that the "&id=1235897" part may not
be added to the address used in your browser.  Instead, you might find your
browser trying to connect with
http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/GetDetail?tab=Y.

One solution is to manually add the "&id=...." part shown in the archived
message to the end of the URL in your browser's address line.  
Or, you could just go directly to http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html
and search there for the site you seek.

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