Hi again, From "Ohio Yesterday and Today" by Robert T. Howe, pg 164-165: Circuit Riders Do you know what a circuit is? This word is closely related to circle, because a circuit forms a closed loop. When new parts of Ohio were opened to settlement, there were very few doctors, lawyers, teachers, or religious leaders to serve the settlers. The judges of a county had to ride circuit, that is, go from place to place to settle conflicts. Lawyers rode circuit with the judges to help people solve legal problems. Education was a problem for people in rural areas. In some cases, teachers created boarding schools in towns. Children lived near the school for four or five days a week and spent weekends at their homes. Later, when there were enough people in an area, they worked together to build a school and to hire a teacher for their children. But many children had to walk long distances. Many people in rural areas wanted religious leaders to help them worship God, to marry them, and to pray at time of death. Since few rural areas could afford full-time religious leaders, these men also rode circuit. Maggie !^NavFont02F03970033NGH47G58NG5F47G7CNG8247HxNH3C47HEBNHFA47J86NJ91HJ99FCF6 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*