Thanks! You took me through to Calif. as though I was on that journey. I wonder if it could be known WHO, from Oneida Co. went and what years. Patrick McGough went in 1851 per the records of Judge John Walsh of Utica who did a study on the Utica Irish. He gave no source for the information regarding Patrick unfortunately. Deanna ----- Original Message ----- From: <Citellus2@aol.com> To: <nyoneida@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [NYONEIDA] Gold Rush > Deanna > > Most who went overland went to St.Joseph, MO or a similar point and then > joined a wagon train. Some started with a wagon, others on horseback, > many took > boats down the Ohio R amd then up the Missouri a ways. They would have to > afford supplies or work for them. But they did not need to travel alone. > There > were thousands of others from the east coast who made the trek, probably > 99+% > in some kind of group. The vast majority had no open hostilities with > Indians. > > > Larry > > > In a message dated 12/7/2007 7:39:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, > dsmith57701@adelphia.net writes: > >> I'm trying to accept that a man from Utica, went overland to Calif. How? >> If >> he went on horseback, he needed a change of horses often. He needed food >> and >> water for a terribly long time. He surely fought off Indians in 1851, so >> what am I missing? >> > > > > > ************************************** > Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYONEIDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >