In a message dated 11/14/1999 9:09:15 AM Mountain Standard Time, JohnCowan@aol.com writes: << Since there were thousands of Ohio and Kentucky bound families that made the journey down the Ohio River in the period from the 1780s to the 1840s, I assume that there are probably many persons on this list who would have an interest in what the trek was like for their ancestors. Perhaps, you know this already because some of your ancestors wrote down their experiences. >> I have no record, but wonderful visions of a trip made by a widowed grandmother, in her sixties,from Richmond Co. VA , to Pittsburg, then down to the Ohio to Woodford Co. KY where her five sons had migrated. I have no idea who made the journey with her beyond four orphaned grandchildren--the youngest eight. I have grandchildren I wouldn't take to the mall, let alone 400 miles down the Ohio! Somehow I keep envisioning a children's book--just haven't gotten to it yet! It would be wonderful if those of you who have such diaries and accounts would post portions of them. The rest of us can only imagine! Karen Dale Larkspur CO