What astounds is how much New Englanders were willing to sacrifice to explore foreign and hostile land and expand America’s borders. Many died of disease, accidents, bad weather and war with Native American tribes. Living conditions were harsh compared to what they had known in New England, but they persisted.
For many, it was an adventure. Something hard to find these days.
Al Gore says that early Global Warming forced those New Englanders west. And Gore has a Nobel Prize. So I’m pretty sure he knows what he’s talking about.