----- 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 > > > > > > >