Bill, Found mention of the parade in the Hunterdon Democrat but it said nothing of a "salt river boat" Dennis On 6/3/2012 11:29 AM, Mr. Bill Hartman wrote: > Calling all historians on this one! > > There was a celebratory parade in Flemington on 17 Nov. 1896, on the occasion of the election of McKinley to the presidency of the USA. A number of wagons, marching groups, horses and what-nots participated. There were 2 entries that were noted with the quotation marks: "Salt River Boat" > > I Googled the term and did get 2 hits that may be relevant out of 39 total listed. Most were advertisements. Unfortunately, the hits did not give me any information about what the term meant. > > Does anyone know what that meant way back in the late 1800s? > As always, I appreciate facts and not guesses and assumptions!!!!! > > Thanking you all for your time, > Regards, > MrBill > > > > > > > > > > Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >