Widower & Bachelors

Enter to win a library of books about mail-order brides and romance on the frontier.

Drawing will be held on Friday, March 14.

Advertisement from a mail-order bride dated August 1867.  “Hello, all you widowers and bachelors, right this way if you are looking for a companion; here she is, age 60, weight 100, height 4 feet 11 inches; black eyes, dark hair, American; Golden Rule religion, jolly and good natured; have means of $3,000; wish a husband with some means, city or county, age from 50 to 75; will answer all letters.”

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Pick up a copy of Hearts West: True Stores of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier and read more about the men and women searching for the person of their dreams.