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Subject: [SouthernTrails] Re:Texas Trace
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 00:56:46 -0400
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5/9/01 12:45am EDT

Sara,

A very interesting description of the trip from Roane Co, TN to
Texas. Just wondering if there might be a typo in the part below (or was
that how it was recorded)?....the river is now called the Barren Fork of
the Collins River(for those following along on the maps!)

>On the 14th the wagons forded Rolling River and the family walked over a
>bridge. About 10:00 they reached McMinnville in Waren County. In the
>evening they forded the baren fork of Clins River.

Then, is "300" correct for the width of the bridge over the Wolf
River? That would seem like a very wide bridge by today's standards....not
even sure there is even one that wide.

>27th, "We supppose that we saw 300 wagons on the road today, being hardly
>ever out of sight of a wagon loaded with cotton for Memphis. Went through
>Raleigh. Crossed Wolf River on a bridge some 300 yards wide.

Looks like they had to carry a fair amount of cash just to pay the tolls &
ferries.

Thanks for passing that on.

Larry Shahan
Kodak, TN




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