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

well back then there would not be any dams along the mississippi so yes it would be possible for it could be a low point in the water at the time. anything is possible. and being from quincy anything can happen on the big river. Linda summers Lois wrote: 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

You realize the course of the river has been changed since then, along with the locks and dams that have been added. This was done by the Army Corp of Engineers. The make it easier for barges and the like to get up and down the river.

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 > > >