1. NEWS AND NOTES ------------------ 1a. WAGONS--HO! SPOTLIGHT ON POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. As wagon trains arrived in Council Bluffs, the local newspaper -- the "Frontier Chronicle" -- reported the news and included names of the men on the trains and where they came from. If your ancestors were heading west for the California Gold Rush in the spring of 1849, they might have passed through this area and their names might have been recorded. Check the newspaper extracts here in this ongoing project. It is claimed that more people went through Kanesville/Council Bluffs, Iowa on their way west than through St. Joseph and Independence, Missouri combined. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/WgnTrnIndx.htm This Web site is part of the IAGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Project. [Editor's Note: Have you found some unique and valuable genealogical records posted on a Web site that is hosted by RootsWeb.com? If so, please let us know about it via e-mail: RWR-editors@rootsweb.com Don't forget to include the complete URL.] -- Chrystie MYERS - Rootsweb List & Ancestry.com's Board Administrator MOYERS MYRES MAYERS MAJOR COWGER BROOKOVER KRABAL SWECKER MYERS HOMESTEAD - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/