Hooper Word Map to Platte
Found in an old Hooper Record Box was the following Away Map (called Away Bill) to the Hickory Nut Ford on the Platte: Away Bill: to Pikeville,TN to Sparta, TN, to Carthage, TN, to Hartsville, TN,to Gallatin, TN, to Princeton, KY, to Trenton, KY, to Hopkinsville, KY, to Centerville, KY, to Barker Ferry on the Ohio River, to Equality, IL, to Mount Vernon, IL, to Carlyle, IL, to Troy, IL to Edwardsville, IL to Alton, IL on the Mississippi, to Missouri, to Saint Charles, MO, to Danville, MO to Columbia, MO to Fayette, MO to Huntsville, MO to Carrolton, MO to Richmond, MO to Liberty MO, to Smithville, MO, to Hickory Nut Ford on the Platte. This helps the traveler know where to cross the rivers which would have been important.