My grandmother walked across the Mississippi. I have a picture of her doing it. My mother is also in the pictures and mom was born in 1923. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mindy" <mdoellmn@adams.net> To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] fording the river at Quincy? | Lois, | I was told when I was a little girl by my grandfather that he used to | walk across the Jack Frost bridge. I had NO idea what the heck he was | talking about until years later. What he was referring to was walking | across the river when it was rock solid with ice. The river was not dammed | up back then with levees so it really reached out across into West Quincy as | it is called. The river from what I was told stretched out to almost | Taylor, MO. Since the river was not as deep back then, it was not uncommon | for the river to freeze solid and many people walked across it. The river | also was taken by horse and buggy and I have seen a few ferries mentioned | also. | | Mindy | Adams & Pike Co., IL Genealogy Host | http://www.iltrails.org/adams/index.html | http://www.iltrails.org/pike/index.html | | "Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to | their level, then beat you with experience." | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Lois" <lois_heath@yahoo.com> | To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:34 PM | Subject: [ILADAMS] fording the river at Quincy? | | | > | > http://www.orderlypackrat.com/dyl_intro.htm | > | > In doing a search for cholera deaths in quincy, I came across this article | on google abuot people from Qcy going west in 1849/50 for gold and they talk | about "fording the river at Quincy. It has never struck me that that people | could actually ford the Mississipi at Quincy. Does anyone know if that was | done? I just assumed they used ferries. can't see how anyone could ever | ford that river at Quincy. | > | > Lois Heath | > | > | > | > --------------------------------- | > Do You Yahoo!? | > HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs | > | > | > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== | > Going to visit family soon? Bring home new family stories! Great tips at | Get Nosey With Aunt Rosie at www.genealogy.com/70_tipsoral.html | > | > ============================== | > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, | go to: | > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | > | > | > | | | ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== | To unsubscribe, send an email to ILADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com | The message must have only one word: unsubscribe | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | |

Boy, I am really getting educated on the river with this question. I can't imagine seeing someone walk across the Mississippi! Lois --- Sue Masten <blueabyss@famvid.com> wrote: > My grandmother walked across the Mississippi. I have a > picture of her doing > it. My mother is also in the pictures and mom was born > in 1923. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mindy" <mdoellmn@adams.net> > To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:59 AM > Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] fording the river at Quincy? > > > | Lois, > | I was told when I was a little girl by my > grandfather that he used to > | walk across the Jack Frost bridge. I had NO idea what > the heck he was > | talking about until years later. What he was referring > to was walking > | across the river when it was rock solid with ice. The > river was not > dammed > | up back then with levees so it really reached out > across into West Quincy > as > | it is called. The river from what I was told stretched > out to almost > | Taylor, MO. Since the river was not as deep back then, > it was not > uncommon > | for the river to freeze solid and many people walked > across it. The river > | also was taken by horse and buggy and I have seen a few > ferries mentioned > | also. > | > | Mindy > | Adams & Pike Co., IL Genealogy Host > | http://www.iltrails.org/adams/index.html > | http://www.iltrails.org/pike/index.html > | > | "Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to > | their level, then beat you with experience." > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Lois" <lois_heath@yahoo.com> > | To: <ILADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:34 PM > | Subject: [ILADAMS] fording the river at Quincy? > | > | > | > > | > http://www.orderlypackrat.com/dyl_intro.htm > | > > | > In doing a search for cholera deaths in quincy, I > came across this > article > | on google abuot people from Qcy going west in 1849/50 > for gold and they > talk > | about "fording the river at Quincy. It has never > struck me that that > people > | could actually ford the Mississipi at Quincy. Does > anyone know if that > was > | done? I just assumed they used ferries. can't see how > anyone could ever > | ford that river at Quincy. > | > > | > Lois Heath > | > > | > > | > > | > --------------------------------- > | > Do You Yahoo!? > | > HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New > Jobs > | > > | > > | > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > | > Going to visit family soon? Bring home new family > stories! Great tips > at > | Get Nosey With Aunt Rosie at > www.genealogy.com/70_tipsoral.html > | > > | > ============================== > | > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy > records, > | go to: > | > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > | > > | > > | > > | > | > | ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > | To unsubscribe, send an email to > ILADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com > | The message must have only one word: unsubscribe > | > | ============================== > | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, > go to: > | > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > | > | > | > > > > ==== ILADAMS Mailing List ==== > Messages posted to this list must be on the topic of > Adams County genealogy. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com