Yes, your probably right, Sue. I had heard of one of my distant relatives having exactly what you talked about a Conestoga wagon traveling from Eastern PA to Lordstown, OH in the 1830's. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue M To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 12/29/01 11:15:10 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 --- Cathy Raber --- pigeonrock@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.