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. > >