In 1918, historian Alfred W. Crosby speculated the flu originated in Kansas. Popular writer John Barry echoed Crosby in describing Haskell County, Kansas, as the likely point of origin.
A large factor in the worldwide occurrence of this flu was increased travel. Modern transportation systems made it easier for soldiers, sailors & civilian travellers to spread the disease.
By the end of the pandemic, only one major region on the entire planet had not reported an outbreak an isolated island called Marajó, located in Brazil's Amazon River Delta.
Political scientist, Andrew Price-Smith published data from the Austrian archived suggesting the influenza had earlier origins, beginning in Austria in the spring of 1917.
In New Zealand, the epidemic started in Auckland at the beginning of October, and quickly spread south to the other centres.
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