Here is a portion of a letter about the other kind of train. St Francis Ark, Oct 5th 1896 Dear Father and Mother, Brother and Sister ...... Martin wants to send Hannah and me and him stay hear but I an to big a cowered and I haven't the nerve to start on the train by our selves but I think Martin will come to but we cant come till we get out our cotton and see where we are going to move to. Martin is talking about renting over in Mossouria. I dont no yet where we will move to. ...... Her parents lived about 3 miles from Troy. I don't know where the train crossed the River. Cairo??? -----Original Message----- From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 10:47 AM Subject: Fw: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Milton Webb <mwebb@iswt.com> >To: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> >Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 8:59 PM >Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains > > >> Vicki, >> I bet they didn't get to a wagon until they got to St. Louis. The only >road >> west out of Gibson Co. was the Turnpike Levee Rd and it went to Hickman on >> the Missippi River. Most all traffic in Gibson Co. was by water as we >have >> an abundance of small rivers. The difficulties of planning and going on a >> trip must have been great. I bet they travelled by water to St. Louis or >> Memphis then joined a wagon train. The rivers here were not deep enough >for >> the large steam boats but the small ones and flat boats were many. Most >all >> of the towns heres before the railroad had a river connection. Bluff >> cemetery(the destroyed one) was on the river outside Rutherford because if >> it was muddy they could still get to it by boat. >> Milton >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Volunteer of "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" >> at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> >> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 4:14 PM >> Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains >> >> >> > My family left Rutherford, Gibson Co. TN ca 1876 on a wagon train and >> moved >> > to Texas. (according to an old family story) >> > Do any of you have any stories, documents or tales about wagon trains >and >> > the county??? >> > >> > I think this would be very interesting to everyone. Can anyone share? >> > >> > Vicki >> > CC Gibson Co. TN >> > >> > >> > >> > > >