That was quite an education, Vee. Thanks for the link -- and the many this article offers as well. Smiles, Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vee L. Housman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [FOLKS] DeWitt Clinton's Journal, Pt. 6 > Dear Raymond, > > Regarding the importance of salt trading, go to > http://www.saltinstitute.org/38.html and it will tell you the entire > history. I found it quite fascinating and educational. I believe you'll > find that New York state was especially important in salt production. > > vee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:04 PM > Subject: Re: [FOLKS] DeWitt Clinton's Journal, Pt. 6 > > > > It's very enlightening to read DeWitt Clinton's journal again (I had read > > parts of it a few years ago.) > > > > I now know, after a couple of years of research, that my 3rd great > > grandfather Isaac Woolson followed basically the same route through > > Niagara County in September 1810, just a month or so after Clinton: along > > the Ridge to Lewiston, up the river to Buffalo, then back to Lewiston to > > settle on the Ridge just below the Tuscarora Indian village. > > > > The journal paints a very clear picture of the Niagara frontier at the > > time. I would like to learn more about why the shipping of salt played > > such a large role in the trade of the area. > > > > --- Raymond Scott Woolson > > A few miles North of Clinton's Ditch. > > > > > > >