Diane's message reminds me to let you know that I updated the Biography search page for the Butler Co OHGenWeb site yesterday. It links especially to other Kansas-related bios from Kansas Collection (kancoll.org) books. The search link wasn't working after the University of Kansas changed a lot of its older "ukans.edu" URLs to "ku.edu". Their progress was our set-back. (smile) I'm surprised how many people with Butler County OH links moved on here to Kansas. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/bio-w.html Nancy Sween In a message dated 2/1/2006 4:47:37 PM Central Standard Time, dbeaty71@joimail.com writes: I'm not related, but ran across this mention of a fellow who only lived for a year in Butler County before traveling on and thought someone might be interested in his bio... http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/leavenworth/leavenworth-co-p33.html VALANTINE CARL BECKER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Pleasant Ridge, came to Kansas in May, 1855, and first located on Crooked Creek, Jefferson County, where he lived six months, engaged in farming.

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. Sftrail@aol.com wrote: Diane's message reminds me to let you know that I updated the Biography search page for the Butler Co OHGenWeb site yesterday. It links especially to other Kansas-related bios from Kansas Collection (kancoll.org) books. The search link wasn't working after the University of Kansas changed a lot of its older "ukans.edu" URLs to "ku.edu". Their progress was our set-back. (smile) I'm surprised how many people with Butler County OH links moved on here to Kansas. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/bio-w.html Nancy Sween In a message dated 2/1/2006 4:47:37 PM Central Standard Time, dbeaty71@joimail.com writes: I'm not related, but ran across this mention of a fellow who only lived for a year in Butler County before traveling on and thought someone might be interested in his bio... http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/leavenworth/leavenworth-co-p33.html VALANTINE CARL BECKER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Pleasant Ridge, came to Kansas in May, 1855, and first located on Crooked Creek, Jefferson County, where he lived six months, engaged in farming. ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== Butler County OHGenWeb genealogy site ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? With a free 1 GB, there's more in store with Yahoo! Mail.