Also, there may have been horse drawn waggons or ?? for family relocation.... Carol s. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue M" <starshine166@attbi.com> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:15 PM Subject: [PITTSBURGH] New question: Travel mode 1890 > Cathy, > I would think that stagecoach travel would have been very expensive, if we > had it here, especially for family relocation purposes. > Sue* > ----- Original Message ----- > > Ray, everyone! I suppose they could have. River travel was > > probably more extensive than what is done nowadays though, it's still > traveled > > today by barges still! I have had some relatives die in the Oh river > > because of the locks, back in the 1930's. Could they have traveled > > by stagecoaches? Package ships? I know that there were Package > > ships that traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, or my relatives > related to > > me! One of mine (Merriman?) was supposed to be a pilot that worked > > that voyage! He lived in Beaver county, PA at the time in the > > mid-1800's. > > > > I > > mean that that's probably not that unusual at that time. Keep it > > coming everyone! C. Raber > > > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >