My Johnson family has been in Benton County, MO since 1840 and my family is still on the 600 acre farm that my 4th great grandfather and his 2 sons bought from the government. 

I've grown up here my entire life, but at the same time I've watched my parents and both sides of my grandparents work in Kansas City, Springfield, and Sedalia while owning land and a home here.

My parents had to work in Springfield, so I went to school in Fair Grove until...