Here is a good site for discovering the migratory paths through Ohio. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/pioneer.html My great grandparents met on the wagon trail from Stark Co., OH to Cedar Co., IA in 1855. He was 11 and she was 6. There were only so many routes west and as land opened up to the settlers, it was safer to travel together. Also check out this site for other western trails http://www.frii.com/~lizabeth/overland/trwest.html Alison