Barb; Yes, there was a depression in the 1830's. It started as a recession during the second term of Andrew Jackson. When his hand picked successor, Martin Van Buren came in, in 1837, he was so hot to trot about getting the Federal Reserve System going, he set it afloat before it was ready. It turned out to be a disorganized mess, which sent the recession into depression for the remainder of his term, 1837-1841. Westward expansion, and President Polk's war with Mexico, and the spoils that came from that helped us out of that financial bind. If you look into American History, great migrations coincide with national financial hardships, which are almost always ended by a "splendid little war". Bob On Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:38:37 EDT [email protected] writes: > Just happened to see your question....The Great Depression was in the > 1930s, > not the 1830s....unless there was a depression of sorts in that era. > Then > the "dust bowl" problem hit some of the mid-western states also in > the late > 30s and 1940s, etc. That is when many of the farmers had to move > out to > California....and came up thru what we call the Central Valley of > California. > It runs almost the entire length of the state and supplies almost > half or > more of the U.S. with wonderful fruits, nuts, and vegetables. A few > of these > farmers are still alive and their children have remained farmers in > this > valley. > > Barb By. > > > > > > ==== MODADE Mailing List ==== > This list is made available courtesy of Rootsweb.com > To unsubscribe send a msg. to > MODADE-L(or -D)[email protected] > unsubscribe in the msg. area, turn off your signature, > if possible. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >