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Your opinion on why New Salem died
05-30-2013, 03:40 PM (This post was last modified: 05-30-2013 04:40 PM by Gene C.)
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RE: Your opinion on why New Salem died
(05-29-2013 10:18 PM)Troy Cowan Wrote:  Gene said, "The river was not good enough for year round navigation, and the cost to make it that way was to expensive and not practical."

Petersburg is two miles north of New Salem on the very same river. If the river had anything to do with the death of New Salem, Petersburg would have the same problem.

Not necessarily.....(see post 3 & 4) and Petersburg also grew due to its advantageous placement on the river compared with New Salem.


(05-28-2013 08:56 PM)Troy Cowan Wrote:  William Herndon said "to the south-west, lay a strip of timber called Clary's Grove. The boys who lived there were a terror to the entire region."
Let me ask you, "would you like to live in such a place?"

If the Clary Grove Boys were so mean and tough, why didn't they just go down the road another two miles and intimidate everyone in Petersburg?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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