HI Don, I don't know about their Hagaman connection, but one man who worked for them was Arch Hoxsey, who was born in Staunton and had relatives in Staunton. Arch's obituary says he exhibited with them. Arch was killed in a crash of his bi-plane at an airshow in Los Angeles on New Years eve, 1910. You might try writing to the museum at Wright-Patterson Airbase in Dayton, OH. They could perhaps direct you where to look for info. Its a neat museum of old airplanes. Dayton is big on the Wright bros. Mary ------------------------------------------ I am trying to find information about the Wright Brothers. According to info in the Western Mound section of the 1979 book, "The Story of Macoupin County", they came to Macoupin County around 1900, staying the winter in Hagaman. They had come up from Alton to ask the Hagaman general store owner, C.C. Robinson about investing in their work of inventing an airplane, which he did not do. Why they were in Alton in the first place is another question. According to the story, the Wrights spent the winter in a back room of another store building in Hagaman and spent their time hunting and trapping, and studying the flight of birds. They possibly spent another winter there as well. I have not yet found any documentation regarding this elsewhere. The bios on the Wrights which I can find on the web gloss over this period, beginning in detail with the spring of 1900 when they began corresponding with Octave Chanute, another aviation pioneer, who lived in Chicago. That summer they flew their first glider at Kitty Hawk and the rest is, well, history. However, what happened before in their private lives is somewhat murky. While not strictly genealogy, these events could have touched on the lives of our Macoupin County ancestors so I thought there might be some interest. If anyone knows more please let me know. Thanks, Don Reader St. Louis, MO e-mail: readerd@storz.com ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== Please send questions, comments and ideas for the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Home Page and Mail List to: Eric Adcock, Macoupin County, IL GenWeb Coordinator - eadcock@dave-world.ne Kathleen Mirabella, Macoupin County, ILGenWeb Mail List Manager - KathieMir@aol.com