In a message dated 3/29/2006 8:23:50 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: So many families came from Madison County, Kentucky to Missouri - Johnson County, Boone, and Randolph. Does anyone know what prompted this movement??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- Most early settlers were farmers, some improved their Ky land & sold it for a profit. Land was a lot cheaper in MO. as low a 9 cents an acre. Most were following the footprints made by Daniel Boon. I was puzzled why my ancestors came to, then Howard CO, in the winter months of 1827. I was advised the if traveling from Bourbon/Scott CO Ky to MO. wheather alone or with a large wagon convoy, Winter travel was easier to cross all the frozen rivers & creeks. 24 hwy was an indian trail. Others came by River transportation. Raft or barge, etc. Getting off somewhere near Glasgow, Traveling north looking for available land. Or looking for family or friends who were already here. Also MO. was a location that Ky men who served in the war of 1812, were able to file a claim for their land bounty, for their military service Im sure their were lots of other reasons for leaving KY & coming to MO. This is just my conclusions. James M. Bagby Indep, MO.