The Chicago Tribune of Sunday, July 18 carries the following notice: "Living History Weekend: Metropolis IL July 24-25. Experience the 18th Century as reenactors demonstrate the life of early settlers at Fort Massac State Park. (618) 524-4712." Fort Massac is the point at which many migrants from the East left the Ohio River to begin overland travel. It is almost directly across the Ohio from Paducah, KY.