tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18396577.post4333369992011702195..comments2023-05-05T03:01:59.442-07:00Comments on Mosel-Miami Musings: The Missouri leg from St. Louis to Kansas City MOTom Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156208787667044304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18396577.post-80953373232820029732012-07-14T21:28:40.778-07:002012-07-14T21:28:40.778-07:00CHIVIS wrote on an Ancestry.com board:
"Alth...CHIVIS wrote on an Ancestry.com board:<br /><br />"Although emigrants are portrayed in films traveling in large Conestoga Wagons, these wagons were generally used by merchants, who also traveled in wagon trains on occasion. The preferred method of transportation for emigrant families was the lightweight Prairie Schooner. The Prairie Schooner required fewer draft animals and reduced the expense of travel. The Prairie Wagons were actually manufactured in Pittsburg, PA in the 1820's.<br /><br />"As you stated the National Road did end in Vandalia, and several other trails forked off of the road. This site: Historic American Roads, Trails, & Migration Routes might get you closer to the name of the route or possible routes your ancestors took. It is at: <br />http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tqpeiffer/Documents/American%20Migration%20Routes%20TOC.htm<br /><br />"You should be able to locate the Way-stations for that time period in Directories. Also maps often times had a list of businesses. <br /><br />"You might want to send the Kansas Historical Society an email asking if such records exist and where you might be able to obtain them. They should know or at least lead you in the right direction."Tom Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156208787667044304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18396577.post-84407741520512023762012-07-09T14:13:05.902-07:002012-07-09T14:13:05.902-07:00Vanette emailed this information about the Boone&#...Vanette emailed this information about the Boone's Lick Trail:<br />"The Boonslick Trail, aka the St. Charles Road, went from St. Louis to St. Joseph, MO. One stage/mail/lodging stop was Sexton's Station, located about six miles WNW of Columbia, MO, where I live. It seems the station wasn't used as such after the mid-1800s but I have very distant relatives who were listed as born there in the 1880s. This may be a wild goose chase but perhaps this is the route they took so it might give you a starting point."Tom Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156208787667044304noreply@blogger.com