I am working on a theory that my ancestral family may have "sailed" up the Potomac and gone overland to the Monongahela River and then down the Ohio.  This would have been about 1784-1792.

Can someone tell me (during that time period):
1.     how far up the Potomac they could have gotten before having to go overland?
2.     how far up the Monongahela they could have put in to the water?  
3.     where I might get further information on this?

They owned next to nothing so a boat could have been small.

Thanks for your help.

Claude Richards
 
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