From 1810-1820 one million Americans took part in "Great Migration" out of the Appalachian Mountains toward the western Mississippi Valley.
Peaking in 1812 with over 100 wagons a day crossing the Mississippi, 12,000 wealthy, respectable settlers came from the East to St. Louis. They came for economic reasons, political and social reasons, and personal ones as well - but mostly they came for the pure sense of adventure.
"If Hell lay in the West, and American would cross Heaven to get to it" was a popular saying of the times.
Next time...the Walker move further west.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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