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*Young, Chester Raymond. ''Westward into Kentucky, The Narrative of Daniel Trabue''. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. {{FHL|57459|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 H2td}}. | *Young, Chester Raymond. ''Westward into Kentucky, The Narrative of Daniel Trabue''. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1981. {{FHL|57459|item|disp=FHL Book 976.9 H2td}}. | ||
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 to transport their flatboat. She provides many details of what such a trip was like and her diary makes a great read: | 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 at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] to transport their flatboat. She provides many details of what such a trip was like 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. | ||