I would guess, they meant to say that the air was good for the lungs. I know of several who have moved out West due to air quality and are doing well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethel White" <genienutt@att.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Colorado possibility If Colorado mountain air isn't good for your lungs why did Drs. send people with Asthma there to heal or live? We have relatives there that are doing great while in that mountain air- Bob & Ethel White ________________________________ From: Linda Fox <echslfox@pldi.net> To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 10:22:24 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Colorado possibility Colorado offered Lands about the same time Oklahoma did. Flyers were sent out all over the place. Times were tough in Missouri in the early 1900's. My people were not miners and they migrated to Oklahoma for a chance at 160 and a better life. Many people made it, some didn't. Colorado's enhancement --depending on the year of migration, might have been a little shiny..silver and gold too. Mountain air is not good for Lungs . Linda in OK ----- Original Message ----- From: DSRABBIT@aol.com To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:12 PM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Colorado possibility I had a couple of grand aunts and grand uncles who traveled to Colorado from Saint Francois County for "the air". Someone would have lung problems (unspecified) and the mountain air was supposed to make them better. I have a couple of them buried in Colorado Springs, where they lived out their retirement years. It must have done some good since one of them died at the age of 99 years! I would assume that working in a mine is not the best environment for lungs. My father described my granddad as really dirty when he came home from Federal #1, and he was in the machine shop most of the time, only in the mine to help install pipe and what all. Since OSHA was just a gleam in the governments eye at the time, I would assume worker protection was little to none. Lungs will only handle so much dust. There were also not the drugs available for treatment as there are today, and we still do a poor job today of handling a lot of problems caused by mining activity. There were a great many folks in my family from the area surrounding Saint Francois County that ended up in Colorado. Many were from just across the river in Illinois, but they still ended up in Colorado for the rest of their lives. Just a possibility. David Rabaduex ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message