There were parallel routes on the "Trail of Tears" across southern Missouri and Arkansas, and the northernmost route came across the southeast corner of what is now Lawrence County. I have an original survey of one of the earliest state roads in southwest Missouri. It begins in Little York near Springfield and crosses the southeast corner of Lawrence County to somewhere in extreme southwest Missouri. I believe that this is the route the U.S. Army took the eastern deportees across Lawrence County. Although I have had this survey (plus a copy of the original survey for the Springfield-Carthage Road that ran through Phelps) for some time, I have not researched it sufficiently to pinpoint the exact trace on a modern map. Dale West Longview, TX ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

We have always understood the trial came by Marshfield,Northview,Strafford on to Springfield on what we call the "Old Wire Road" if your on I- 44 in the Strafford area,near the truck stop, you can see the road. Linda Dwestcw@aol.com wrote: There were parallel routes on the "Trail of Tears" across southern Missouri and Arkansas, and the northernmost route came across the southeast corner of what is now Lawrence County. I have an original survey of one of the earliest state roads in southwest Missouri. It begins in Little York near Springfield and crosses the southeast corner of Lawrence County to somewhere in extreme southwest Missouri. I believe that this is the route the U.S. Army took the eastern deportees across Lawrence County. Although I have had this survey (plus a copy of the original survey for the Springfield-Carthage Road that ran through Phelps) for some time, I have not researched it sufficiently to pinpoint the exact trace on a modern map. Dale West Longview, TX ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out.