I don't know what I have heard that they waited until the ground was frozen so the wagons would not get stuck in the mud. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] DIARY OF AN 1858 WAGON TRAIN JOURNEY > Sharon > > The Diary doesn't tell why they left as late in the year, but I would suspect that they stayed in the area of Lincoln Co. long enough to get their fields in and sold for the profit to use for their trip. > > Brenda > > > ---- Sharon wrote: > > Brenda, > > Please do tell the reason they left so late in the year. > > Thanks, Sharon > > > > > > To: Georgia > > Sent: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 9:16 AM > > Subject: [GEORGIA] DIARY OF AN 1858 WAGON TRAIN JOURNEY > > > > > > I have a copy of a Diary on a trip made from Lincoln Co. NC. to Pope Co. AR in > > 1858. The copy was transcribe by a Blackburn descendant which still lives in > > Pope Co. AR. > > > > They left the Oct 1858 from Lincoln co. NC and arrived in Pope Co. AR. 2nd Jan > > 1859, this was close to 1000 miles in distance. It is a long Diary I think > > close to 20 pages and I think to long to place on this page. > > > > It also doesn't concern GA and their travel, but it is interesting reading. > > > > Brenda > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEORGIA-request with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >