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Another route after the civil war was to take a train from Mississippi, cross the Mississippi river at Cairo Illinois and come south to North Texas. This is how the Robinson family (Chico Texas) came from Prentiss County MS to Wise County Texas. David Pitts Houston TX On Mar 12, 2009, at 8:17 PM, JEMCCRIGHT@aol.com wrote: > One popular route was: Tennessee River to the Mississippi River > down to the > Red River, up the Red to Shreveport, Louisiana, then overland to final > destination. > John > **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. > (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search? > query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message