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After 1758 pioneers from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey would have been the most likely ones to traverse Forbes Road. Philadelphia was America's busiest seaport until about 1810, so some immigrants from Europe who landed in Philadelphia may also have used Forbes Road to head west. People who followed Forbes Road most likely would have settled in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, or Kentucky. {{Wikipedia|Forbes Road}} | After 1758 pioneers from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey would have been the most likely ones to traverse Forbes Road. Philadelphia was America's busiest seaport until about 1810, so some immigrants from Europe who landed in Philadelphia may also have used Forbes Road to head west. People who followed Forbes Road most likely would have settled in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, or Kentucky. {{Wikipedia|Forbes Road}} | ||
Mrs. Mary Dewees, a genteel lady, kept a journal of her voyage from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] to Kentucky in the fall of 1787. Her company had to wait until late fall for the river water to rise high enough | <br>Mrs. Mary Dewees, a genteel lady, kept a journal of her voyage from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] to Kentucky in the fall of 1787. Her company evidently followed [[Forbes Road]] to Pittsburgh, where they had to wait until late fall for the river water to rise high enough to transport their flatboat down the [[Ohio River]]. She provides many details of what such a trip was like at that time and her diary makes a great read: | ||
*Cochran, Samuel P. "Mrs. Mary Dewees's Journal from Philadelphia to Kentucky, 1787-1788," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 28 (1904):182-198. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/pennsylvaniamaga1904hist#page/370/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free. | *Cochran, Samuel P. "Mrs. Mary Dewees's Journal from Philadelphia to Kentucky, 1787-1788," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 28 (1904):182-198. Digital version at [http://archive.org/stream/pennsylvaniamaga1904hist#page/370/mode/2up Internet Archive] - free. | ||