I ask: > >After reading posts on a couple lists for more than a year now, I've >noticed lots of folks from the Holmes Co, OH area moved to the northern >Indiana counties of St. Joseph, Marshall, Elkhart, and Kosciusko. > >Was there something special about this area of Indiana around the mid 1800s? > Thanks to the many folks that offered explanations; thought some of you might be interested in some of their thoughts...... 1. a movement to establish new churches 2. better farm land; flatter and richer 3. land grants given by the government