This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GkB.2ACI/912.1 Message Board Post: It depends on whom you talked to:) According to information from my husband's family, some were "bought out" at low prices or the land was condemed and then taken by the government. Either way, the landowners were the loosers. Hope this helps, http://www.joautrey.com