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