Re: Krehbiel family, Clarence, NY
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In reply to:
Krehbiel family, Clarence, NY
3/10/00
Jakob Krehbiel's relatives from the Pfrimmerhof and from the Weierhof used to stop to visit him on their way to Iowa and Illinois.The whole trip from Germany to Iowa had different modes of travel:LeHavre to New York by sailboat; to Albany by rail or river boat; to Buffalo by canal boat; to Toledo by lake steamer; by rail to Chicago; by river boat to Joliet; by stage to western Iowa.