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Blog Posts from Carol A.Train Travel in 19th century America-Luxury or merely efficient?Posted by Anne Carole May 7 2012, 3:00 am I love traveling by train. The summer after 9/11 we had planned to go to Disney World but we couldn’t quite bring ourselves to board an airplane yet so we decided to go by train rather than disappoint our daughter. When we boarded a porter ushered us to the sleeping car we had booked and informed us that he was at our disposal for the remainder of the trip, What a luxury! He took our meal orders for dining in the dining cars, showed us around our compact but efficient single cell quarters, turned our seats into beds at night, took care of our luggage and basically made our trip lovely. At the time my daughter was only eight and I was a little worried how she’d do on the overnight trip but she, and we, loved it. Finding Inspiration: The Life and Times of H.H. HalsellPosted by Anne Carole Apr 7 2012, 4:00 am in Anne Carrole, H.H. Halsell, historical romance, O.D. Halsell, Texas history, Wild West I enjoy reading firsthand accounts of the Wild West to get the “feel” of the time period. One of my favorite authors in this regard is H.H. Halsell. Texas born Harry H.Halsell was five years old when the Civil War ended. As a boy of six he and his brother O.D. Halsell were chased by Comanches, and survived but his uncle, George Halsell, a line rider for relative Dan Waggoner’s 10,000 acre ranch was killed and scalped. Harry’s lifetime spanned from the Civil War to president Dwight D. Eisenhower for a total of 96 years. Falling In and Out of Love in the Wild West: Courting, Marriage and DivorcePosted by Anne Carole Feb 7 2012, 3:00 am in 1890 U.S. Census, 19TH CENTURY, Anne Carrole, chivaree, Courting, old west, Re-ride at the Rodeo, Western marriage Being we are close to Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d do a post on falling in love western style. Despite Victorian mores, marriage and courting in the Wild West was a good deal less formal than the overarching norms of the period. This had much to do with the scarcity of women in the West, at least in the early period before the Civil War. After the Civil War, the female population increased somewhat as more adventurous women rode west, mainly in search of men to marry since the War Between the States had decimated the population of young men Home Is Where the Heart IsPosted by Anne Carole Jan 7 2012, 2:00 am Tent Home, Library of Congress Our forefathers were quite adept at making a home anywhere and out of anything, it seems, particularly those who went west. Tents were a common sight, especially when new towns were in the making. With canvas sides and roofs, they served the purpose for the mostly male dominated boom towns and, according to Everyday Life in the Wild West, became known as “Hell-on-Wheels” towns, because the businesses and residents could pick up and move quickly. The new AMC series, Hell on Wheels, depicts tent town living along a railroad line. Dodge City, Kansas started Mary Low Sinclair: Pioneer ExtraordinairePosted by Anne Carole Dec 7 2011, 1:00 am in Anne Carrole, Mary Low Sinclair, pioneer women The period of the Old West fascinates me because I wonder if I would measure up to the men and women who risked everything, including their lives, for the chance at a new beginning. I love to research the women who made the journey, generally following their men folk . These women were determined, persistent, and courageous. Such a woman was Mary Low, who came to WashingtonTerritoryat the age of nine with her family as part of the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington. Presumably she had no say in the matter when her father decided to leave
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