In a message dated 3/20/2004 7:13:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, zzurlauben@mindspring.com writes: I can not recall the exact title - but the group who settled the Ohio Company Purchase before or about 1800 are documented There is also Grandma Trowbridges Narrative, which is online, it contains a lot of family [Howe Prouty and Trowbridge] but it also contains the tale of their trip from Vermont along the middle tier of NY and down the rivers to Marietta. Just google "Grandma Trowbridges Narrative" home.earthlink.net/~artdugan/content.htm Eliz