Was there a land give-away around then? ----- Original Message ----- From: tod sutton To: OHBUTLER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Butler Co Bios Nancy: I know the 39th OVI formed in Cincinatti was dispatched to the now-KC area and western Missouri in the Civil War. My GGGrandfather was with the unit. I have often wondered if that exposure led some in later years to come to this part of the country perhaps from stories their fathers told. Of course, the other aspect was the opening of railroads and general western expansion. There was a newspaper blurb about another relative reporting several deaths in the Kansas winter and then the newspaper editorialized something to the effect that "and still the land agents paper us with flyers". I think there was a definite marketing campaign that drew many easterners to the golden plains.