In a time when"The West" just about finishes in Texas and only California is slowly being populated with the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers around Roy Whitman's plantation in the California Valley. He moves east to Chicago to recruit 150 women keen to become wives for his employees. From the candidates he chooses 138 who seem able to survive several few months journey round"The excellent American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains. Written by Tom Zoerner
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In a time when"The West" just about finishes in Texas and only California is slowly being populated with the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers around Roy Whitman's plantation in the California Valley. He moves east to Chicago to recruit 150 women keen to become wives for his employees. From the candidates he chooses 138 who seem able to survive several few months journey round"The excellent American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains. Written by Tom Zoerner
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