Civil War.
Early Day Trip of Lockhart Family From Virginia
They made what was probably one of the longest trips made by any emigrant family of that early day. They set out with two teams, one six-horse and one four-horse, hitched to covered wagons and one two-wheel cart with one horse, with their father, Uncle Jimmy Lockhart, was riding horseback. They started from Virginia in July and arrived in Catherton precinct, (Webster County Nebraska), on October 19. They brought sixteen head of horses. One reason for the trip taking so long was that Elias became very ill on the way, which caused some delay.
The family crossed three rivers enroute, the Ohio at Harper's Ferry, and at Hannibal, Missouri. They crossed the Illinois River on a ferry. Some of the ferries were operated by horse tread and at one of them; they had to swim the horses to reach the ferry.
Crossing the Allegheny mountains the roads were so steep they had to put rings in the covered tops and fasten ropes to them for the men to hold onto to keep the tops on the wagons. In some places, the men were in mud and slush waist deep.
Upon arrival in Nebraska, they removed the covered wagon beds and lived in them until sod houses and dugouts could be provided. They made a dugout sixty feet long with sod partitions, the family living in one end, hay and feed in the middle room and the stock in the other end of the same building. For fuel, they used hay and corn and cow chips.
There was no land under cultivation on their farm so they dropped potatoes on the ground and covered them with straw from Isaac Cowley's straw stack and raised several bushels of potatoes. George Lockhart of Erickson, Nebraska, still has part of the harness and other paraphernalia used on the long trek.
Blue Hill Leader 17 Jan 1941 Bladen News
Early Day Trip of Lockhart Family From Virginia
They made what was probably one of the longest trips made by any emigrant family of that early day. They set out with two teams, one six-horse and one four-horse, hitched to covered wagons and one two-wheel cart with one horse, with their father, Uncle Jimmy Lockhart, was riding horseback. They started from Virginia in July and arrived in Catherton precinct, (Webster County Nebraska), on October 19. They brought sixteen head of horses. One reason for the trip taking so long was that Elias became very ill on the way, which caused some delay.
The family crossed three rivers enroute, the Ohio at Harper's Ferry, and at Hannibal, Missouri. They crossed the Illinois River on a ferry. Some of the ferries were operated by horse tread and at one of them; they had to swim the horses to reach the ferry.
Crossing the Allegheny mountains the roads were so steep they had to put rings in the covered tops and fasten ropes to them for the men to hold onto to keep the tops on the wagons. In some places, the men were in mud and slush waist deep.
Upon arrival in Nebraska, they removed the covered wagon beds and lived in them until sod houses and dugouts could be provided. They made a dugout sixty feet long with sod partitions, the family living in one end, hay and feed in the middle room and the stock in the other end of the same building. For fuel, they used hay and corn and cow chips.
There was no land under cultivation on their farm so they dropped potatoes on the ground and covered them with straw from Isaac Cowley's straw stack and raised several bushels of potatoes. George Lockhart of Erickson, Nebraska, still has part of the harness and other paraphernalia used on the long trek.
Blue Hill Leader 17 Jan 1941 Bladen News
Civil War.
Early Day Trip of Lockhart Family From Virginia
They made what was probably one of the longest trips made by any emigrant family of that early day. They set out with two teams, one six-horse and one four-horse, hitched to covered wagons and one two-wheel cart with one horse, with their father, Uncle Jimmy Lockhart, was riding horseback. They started from Virginia in July and arrived in Catherton precinct, (Webster County Nebraska), on October 19. They brought sixteen head of horses. One reason for the trip taking so long was that Elias became very ill on the way, which caused some delay.
The family crossed three rivers enroute, the Ohio at Harper's Ferry, and at Hannibal, Missouri. They crossed the Illinois River on a ferry. Some of the ferries were operated by horse tread and at one of them; they had to swim the horses to reach the ferry.
Crossing the Allegheny mountains the roads were so steep they had to put rings in the covered tops and fasten ropes to them for the men to hold onto to keep the tops on the wagons. In some places, the men were in mud and slush waist deep.
Upon arrival in Nebraska, they removed the covered wagon beds and lived in them until sod houses and dugouts could be provided. They made a dugout sixty feet long with sod partitions, the family living in one end, hay and feed in the middle room and the stock in the other end of the same building. For fuel, they used hay and corn and cow chips.
There was no land under cultivation on their farm so they dropped potatoes on the ground and covered them with straw from Isaac Cowley's straw stack and raised several bushels of potatoes. George Lockhart of Erickson, Nebraska, still has part of the harness and other paraphernalia used on the long trek.
Blue Hill Leader 17 Jan 1941 Bladen News
Early Day Trip of Lockhart Family From Virginia
They made what was probably one of the longest trips made by any emigrant family of that early day. They set out with two teams, one six-horse and one four-horse, hitched to covered wagons and one two-wheel cart with one horse, with their father, Uncle Jimmy Lockhart, was riding horseback. They started from Virginia in July and arrived in Catherton precinct, (Webster County Nebraska), on October 19. They brought sixteen head of horses. One reason for the trip taking so long was that Elias became very ill on the way, which caused some delay.
The family crossed three rivers enroute, the Ohio at Harper's Ferry, and at Hannibal, Missouri. They crossed the Illinois River on a ferry. Some of the ferries were operated by horse tread and at one of them; they had to swim the horses to reach the ferry.
Crossing the Allegheny mountains the roads were so steep they had to put rings in the covered tops and fasten ropes to them for the men to hold onto to keep the tops on the wagons. In some places, the men were in mud and slush waist deep.
Upon arrival in Nebraska, they removed the covered wagon beds and lived in them until sod houses and dugouts could be provided. They made a dugout sixty feet long with sod partitions, the family living in one end, hay and feed in the middle room and the stock in the other end of the same building. For fuel, they used hay and corn and cow chips.
There was no land under cultivation on their farm so they dropped potatoes on the ground and covered them with straw from Isaac Cowley's straw stack and raised several bushels of potatoes. George Lockhart of Erickson, Nebraska, still has part of the harness and other paraphernalia used on the long trek.
Blue Hill Leader 17 Jan 1941 Bladen News
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