> #4 Re: [TNLAWREN-L] Wagon trains [DeniseWson@aol.com] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNLAWREN-L] Wagon Train 1879/1880 to Texas They could have ridden THE train at this late date. > Does anyone know anything about the wagon train/s that l left West Point, Tn., Lawrence Co.?? > > their final camp at a point on the Brazos river, not far from Dallas. Not very near Dallas. Nearest point on the Brazos River is about 95 miles southwest. > Possibly crossed the Red River at Colbert's Ferry See http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/web_fetch_doc?dataset=tsha.dst&db=handbook&doc_id=19478&query=%23band+%28colbert's+ferry%29 for information on ferry. and hiding in the reeds along the river from the Indians. Unlikely that 'Indians' were present in 1880 > > Some of the folks also settled in Fannin County, Tx. > Would anyone know if a CRABB was on that wagon train?? Thanks so very much. > > Mary > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------