Once reaching America through one of the many ports of Baltimore or NYC, many traveled by wagon to OH and points beyond. Some even took the trip on foot. However, many also would travel as far as Buffalo, NY and then depart from there via Lake Erie. Buffalo, NY, at the time, was considered one of the gateways to the west for many years in the mid-1800's. The Erie Canal terminus was located in Buffalo, NY and it was a major port in our country at the time. the cohens wrote: > Obviously from England to America by boat. Whether or not they > continued by boat further inland, families could travel by covered > wagon. I would guess since one of my families did that in the > 1870's, going from Cleveland to Pennsylvania, that it was a common > mode of transportation before the railways became used more for long > hauls. > > The wagon broke down, and rather than take the time to fix it, the > family split up into different wagons with other people and left much > behind rather than risk getting "attacked by Indians." > > On 11/29/08, harvieandliz <hebarker@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Dear listers: >> >> I wonder if someone has stories of how folks came from Britain in 1850s >> and how they got to Ohio? especially Euclid township? >> >> Would they have travelled by boat to the northern Ohio shore? or some >> other means? >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >