Well, as far as I know, I certainly don't think it was easy travelling, but they could have done it, I'm think. There was no other form of transportation that I know of, other than by wagon trains, by horseback, by stagecoach, or by boats or steamboats. Also, railroads powered by steam locomotion were started up fairly early. Does anybody know of any other forms of transportation during that time frame? You can go on the Internet, you know, and put any word up at the top, like railroad history, steamboat history, whatever, and press "Search" and see what you get. Good luck. Sue Howard > Could this family have easily travelled from NC, to AL and then back to > TN during this time period of their births? > Can anyone point me to any writings from this period that describe the > modes of transportation in these areas after 1840 to 1870's? > > Thanks much. > Mary (Brown) Flowers > Midlothian, TX > ____________________________________________________________ > Sleep with security. Protect your family with a home security system > today. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw25c9hwouaFNY5wkFG2Hw46YnIdedYd6Y5iJzOXlxL4c3t2V/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BROWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message