I'm not an historian, but as a resident of Ohio, particularly Cincinnati, I do know that with my city, we were one of the largest cities west of the Alleghanies until after the Civil War when cities such as Chicago and St. Louis began to eclipse us in size. I think Ohio was partly a major stopping point in the 1800's because it was one of the first areas settled after the Revolutionary War, it's easy access by water by both Lake Erie and the Ohio River. After visiting Germany myself, I came to realize too that many Germans settled in this area because it reminded them of home. I ate dinner once at a home on a high hill across from Heidelberg and looking back over to the city itself, I knew that my ancestors saw in our hills both on the banks of the river both in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana would easily have reminded them of home. Of course in Cincinnati, the area north of the Miami Canal is still called "Over the Rhine" Just my educated guesses. joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsa Kahler" <ekahler@sympatico.ca> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 6:20 AM Subject: [PFALZ] Why Ohio > I too have ancestors that settled in Ohio. Would be very interested in > knowing why? > > Best wishes from Canada > Elsa Kahler > > > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? > send your message to Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com (click and ready to go) > mailto:Pfalz-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > >