Maysville KY, is about 15miles west of Manchester, OH. My father used to cross the OHIO River with sled and a team of horses or mules, when the river froze deeply enough to support the weight, at his father's farm in Adams County, Ohio, which was located about 2-3 miles east of Manchester. His farm straddled Rt. 52, and he also owned land across the river in Lewis Co. Kentucky. Thank God he never fell through, for, for due to a bronchial problem, he never learned to swim. If he had, you would not be reading this great, world-shattering missive now! ! ! My uncle drove a milk truck for a company in Maysville, for many years, probably until the 1960's. He picked up whole, fresh milk from farms in the back-country hills of Adams County, and delivered it to the company in Maysville. Lewis County, (formed from part of Mason Co. is directly across the river from Manchester. The rich farm lands along both sides of the OHIO RIVER were settled by pioneers leaving Virginia and other easterly states. They floated down the river in house boats, rafts, canoes and row boats. Row boats were still a popular mode of transportation back and forth across the river, when I was a little girl, for those who did not need to go to Manchester Ohio, or Vanceburg Ky., to cross the river. In our school history books there were photos of several woodcuts showing the wide, deep OHIO River, during the indian-settler days. GOD BLESS. PAT in Az.