This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zl.2ADE/495 Message Board Post: I am Looking for any events in Kansas history that would explain our ancestors moving from MO to Kansas in 1874. Our ancestor, William A. Royal had lived in Wright County Missouri for over 10 years and raised family. Being a widow he married a second time to Martha Horton in 1870, Wright Co. MO and their first son David Alexander was born in 1871 in MO. Their second child, our ancestor Joseph G. Royal, was born in March of 1874 in Kansas. Within 2 years they were back in Wright County MO. I am trying to find their cause for going to Kansas and what historical events occured in 1874-1876. I do not know where in Kansas. I greatly appreciate your help in my search and thanks for your time in reading my query. ER