My grandmother was born in 1886 in Belmont County. She told me stories of ice skating on the river and walking across the river. I have lived in this area all of my life and I can assure you that I have never been able to work across the river. I can assure you that the river and streams have changed in this area. If you read the early accounts of the Indian and early settlers, it will confirm the river has changed over the years and aiding in those changes were the DAMS.... Flora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 07:36 AM Subject: [OHBELMON] The Brown Collection The Brown Collection is a great bunch of photos, with many including shots of the Ohio River at Wheeling...you might try those. I don't, however, think the river 'looked' much different before the locks went in, except in times of extremity....like, when the water was low due to lack of rain, OR when it was up, due to excess rain upstream. In general, the topography of the river is unchanged. http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/history/photos/brown/BROWN.HTM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message