severnside2@comcast.net wrote: >my grandfather [born 1892 Waverly WVA] ] told me a similar story: His father owned a livery stable and before the dams they could drive a horse and buggy across the Ohio R in the summer when the water was low. >W. C. Triplett > >-------------- Original message -------------- >From: "Henry Dillon" <hsdlsd@earthlink.net> > > > >>Interesting, fascinating stories regarding the Ohio River. My dad was born >>and raised in Lawrence Co., at the southern tip of Ohio. He has done many >>of the things that have been discussed including swim racing other farm boys >>across the river, involved in auto races on the ice, even across the river >>and back. This would have been before 1920 and shortly after. But to me >>the most interesting was my dad describing wading the river (obviously >>before the dams) in the summer time when the Ohio River was no more than >>waist deep. The river we see today is not the same river without the dams. >> >>Henry S. Dillon >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> > >------------------------------- >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 > > > > As an example of the extremes that could be encountered, according to the Civil War history, John Hunt Morgan crosses the Ohio - presumably without boats or a pontoon bridge. When my gggrandfathers regiment, the 41st OVI, went by boat from the Gallipois {spelling?} area to Memphis, the river was so high that the boat was tied up to trees tops at night. Bill Dalton

I wonder where I'd locate old photos of the Ohio River before any of the dams? Henry S. Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Dalton" <rnbill@centurytel.net> To: <ohbelmon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON] Ohio River > severnside2@comcast.net wrote: > >>my grandfather [born 1892 Waverly WVA] ] told me a similar story: His >>father owned a livery stable and before the dams they could drive a horse >>and buggy across the Ohio R in the summer when the water was low. >>W. C. Triplett >> >>-------------- Original message -------------- >>From: "Henry Dillon" <hsdlsd@earthlink.net> >> >> >> >>>Interesting, fascinating stories regarding the Ohio River. My dad was >>>born >>>and raised in Lawrence Co., at the southern tip of Ohio. He has done many >>>of the things that have been discussed including swim racing other farm >>>boys >>>across the river, involved in auto races on the ice, even across the >>>river >>>and back. This would have been before 1920 and shortly after. But to me >>>the most interesting was my dad describing wading the river (obviously >>>before the dams) in the summer time when the Ohio River was no more than >>>waist deep. The river we see today is not the same river without the >>>dams. >>> >>>Henry S. Dillon >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>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 >>> >>> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> >> > As an example of the extremes that could be encountered, according to > the Civil War history, John Hunt Morgan crosses the Ohio - presumably > without boats or a pontoon bridge. When my gggrandfathers regiment, the > 41st OVI, went by boat from the Gallipois {spelling?} area to Memphis, > the river was so high that the boat was tied up to trees tops at night. > > Bill Dalton > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/784 - Release Date: 5/1/2007 > 2:57 PM > >