Linda asked: "My question is, can anyone offer an explanation as to why people were in Crawford that early....was it made up mostly of men/women from Fort Smith? If so, is there a list of military men posted at Fort Smith during that time frame." Linda: I believe we'll have to cross the river and study Ft. Smith's history to find out more about why our ancestors immigrated. Perhaps the early papers of Ft. Smith can tell us. Nan