Excellent. I just presumed, in writing that piece, that if it hadn't happened in my lifetime, it hadn't happened, though I know Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma also got their share of West Virginians from the 1880s through the part of the 1900s. Your last sentence about the proportion of kids to jobs really nails it down. dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 ---------- >From: "Robert L. Lynch" <RLynch2222@compuserve.com> >To: WVWEBSTE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WVWEBSTE] WV migration >Date: Wed, Jun 7, 2000, 10:41 PM > >The migration to Akron began ajust after the first world war. The rubber >factories opened up to make tires for the expanding number of automobiles. >Goodyear was a great employer, as were other plants. Jobs were scarce in >WV after 1900, and many went to Ohio, Texas, California, and other places. > In fact, the exodus to the west began after the Revolution. West >Virginia always produced more kids than jobs. > >Robert Lynch >