A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Ohio > Erie http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2551 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=57490 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Enquirer Article Date: June 23 1819 Article Description: Messrs. Seth SMITH and Chauncey CRIPPIN Arrived at Franklinton on Friday Last, With Their Families From Lower Sandusky, Having Performed the Whole Route by Water, With the Exception of Five Miles Portage, in Eleven Days. Article Text: Columbus, (Ohio) May 20. Messrs. Seth SMITH and Chauncey CRIPPIN arrived at Franklinton on Friday last, with their families from Lower Sandusky, having performed the whole route by water, with the exception of five miles portage, in eleven days. They ascended the river Sandusky in a boat of about four tons burthen, as far as a little Indian village called Piketon, ten miles above Upper Sandusky; a distance of about a hundred miles. They then placed their boat upon two pair of waggon wheels, and with two yoke of oxen, transported it without the least difficulty, across a level and dry prairie five miles to the Little Sciota river, at the bridge on the Norton road. From thence to the main Scioto, a distance of ten or twelve miles, they met with no impediment, except a few logs, which they cut out of their way in about two hours. In the latter stream they were delayed two or three hours, by the want of slopes in two mill dams, which might be erected with small expense. The Sandusky river was as lo! w as it commonly is in the middle of summer. The Little Sciota was also low. The Big Sciota was in good boating order. The distance from the mouth of Little Sciota to Franklinton, is supposed to be between 40 and 50 miles. Those gentlemen inform us that they could have performed the route in much less time; but owing to the sickness in one of their families, they could not progress with expedition. They are confident that they could return the same way to Lower Sandusky, and transport a load of produce at a much lower price than the same could be taken in waggons. The truth of the above facts may be relied on by the public; and it is earnestly hoped they may lead to a further investigation into our neglected sources of inland navigation. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OH-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com