Steam ships / paddle wheelers are a distinct possibility. Many folks came up through the Mississippi or over the Erie Canal and down the Ohio...it was faster than stage coach or wagon. There were some Railroads in operation but the big ones were a bit later. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/tindall/timelinf/tranrail.htm http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/tindall/ahchron.htm#1800 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro.html Several Railroads operated here in the St. Louis area before and during the Civil War. (I have 3 generations of RR men in my line so I have some RR stuff on hand....I have a map of all the stations in MO from 1895. It is very old, brittle and I am going to be scanning it to preserve it in the near future). It is too big to fit on my home scanner and too fragile to try to do it in pieces. I just got it this month and have not had time to take it to a large commercial scanner yet.) The likely answer is a combination of several modes of transportation, perhaps RR, ship, and wagon/stage coach. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edgar, Laura" <laura30@cox.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] NEW YORK TO ST LOUIS 1862 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION > Hello, > > I would like to find out what mode of transportation a family would have used in the year 1862. Family arrived in New York in November of 1862 then moved to St. Louis Mo. Whatever transportation was used, any ideas on how long it would have taken from New York to the Midwest? > > Thanks > Laura - California > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Climbing my family tree was fun until the nuts appeared. > >

Laura Thanks for the web sites and your information. I am beginning to write the history and need to give some idea of how these folks would have traveled from New York to St. Louis during that period of time. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "rbozzay" <rbozzay@earthlink.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [StL-Metro] NEW YORK TO ST LOUIS 1862 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION > Steam ships / paddle wheelers are a distinct possibility. Many folks came > up through the Mississippi or over the Erie Canal and down the Ohio...it was > faster than stage coach or wagon. > > There were some Railroads in operation but the big ones were a bit later. > http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/tindall/timelinf/tranrail.htm > > http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/tindall/ahchron.htm#1800 > > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro.html > > Several Railroads operated here in the St. Louis area before and during the > Civil War. > (I have 3 generations of RR men in my line so I have some RR stuff on > hand....I have a map of all the stations in MO from 1895. It is very old, > brittle and I am going to be scanning it to preserve it in the near future). > It is too big to fit on my home scanner and too fragile to try to do it in > pieces. I just got it this month and have not had time to take it to a > large commercial scanner yet.) > > The likely answer is a combination of several modes of transportation, > perhaps RR, ship, and wagon/stage coach. > > Laura > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edgar, Laura" <laura30@cox.net> > To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 4:18 PM > Subject: [StL-Metro] NEW YORK TO ST LOUIS 1862 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION > > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to find out what mode of transportation a family would > have used in the year 1862. Family arrived in New York in November of 1862 > then moved to St. Louis Mo. Whatever transportation was used, any ideas on > how long it would have taken from New York to the Midwest? > > > > Thanks > > Laura - California > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > > Climbing my family tree was fun until the nuts appeared. > > > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > To ask for a lookup or volunteer to do acts of genealogical kindess, visit Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.RAOGK.org. >