Elona, Mildred & Larry: Larry, WOW! And I thought my ancestors moved around! You are right, migration is very interesting. I noticed that at one point Clarke Co., MS was also a destination. That is coincidental because some of the Price's from Marion Co., SC moved to that area of MS as well (1840-1850). I think you may be right about families having a person in a remote area that writes back to say how nice it is and then another person in that family moves there. Elona & Mildred - thanks for the migration response. Elona & Larry, you might be right about the oranges, I hadn't thought about that (duh---and I'm born & raised Floridian!). My Price ancestor (Laban) never saw the freeze of 1894, he died in 1876, however his wife and children did. My Great Grandfather, John Price, Laban's son also owned a small orange grove, so that could be significant. Cathy

Cathy, In 1885, my g.grandfather, John Wesley Bridges, born in GA of SC parents, was living in Little Rock, Arkansas. He loaded up his family things on 1 wagon, and he, his wife, Frances Slattery Bridges, and all their children who were not married, WALKED to Coleman, Sumter Co.,FLA, to buy land and grow oranges because his brother, Dr. Clinton Hennigan Bridges, was very successful there. My grandmother, Millie Bridges, was 10 when they made the journey. I have one of the few trunks they took on this trip. They lived in FLA until the freeze of 1894, when their crop was ruined. He once again loaded up his family, and they walked BACK to Pulaski Co.,ARK. My grandmother was 20 by this time, and she used to tell me how they would camp out at night, and travelers going in both directions would camp with them. They would build a big fire, and my grandmother would play her guitar (by ear) and all would sing until late in the evening, after supper. I drove my mother to that little town in 1988, and it took us two days of hard driving in a big car. We just couldn't imagine walking it from Little Rock. Those folks were made of sturdy stuff!! Mildred