Mail Order Brides in the Old West

[@Z7d3nR4]

I got a bargain on a mail order bride with some furniture. She was 50% off her rocker.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@bigblue6917]

Love it.

[@robertjensen1438]

A few weeks ago, I ordered an Eastern European mail order bride. I'm still waiting. My Czech is still in the mail.

[@elultimo102]

😆😆😆 BTW what's her favorite cereal?

[@douglaskerr6813]

Booo dad jokes

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

How could you say that??

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

The worst thing is, She is always Hungary.

[@brj_han]

Some of the ads I get are for women from Ukraine and other countries. I'm sure they're all legit, lol...

[@STB-jh7od]

Years ago, I saw an ad by US Army from 19th century for "washing women to move west" but "only homely women need apply". Army didn't want them to marry their soldiers, cause it would require the army to build them a house.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ahh, interesting.

[@TUCOtheratt]

That was some clever movie clip inserted there Santee!🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@double-eagle-dave]

Are they ever gonna release red dead redemption 2 for switch consoles !????

[@abrahemsamander3967]

The bandit robbing his fiancé is a hilarious

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ain't that a kick?

[@Culloden-1745]

Nice touch with the piano playing "By the Light of the Silvery Moon."

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks.

[@joewright2304]

My Great Grand father on my Dads side met his wife through his best friend in the Union Army. His best friend could read and write my great-grandfather couldn't. His best friend would write his fiancé who had a sister. He would include information about my grandfather and the ladies' sister, and my grandfather took up a correspondence with the best friend acting as their connection. When the war ended, my grandfather and his buddy traveled to Wisconsin and married the sisters.

[@nimanbains7034]

@@joewright2304 damn thats a bro right there.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!!!

[@therewere2032]

Buy one, get one free. 😂😂

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@therewere2032 LOL!

[@greghardy9476]

LOL! Matrimonial News right over ‘Opium Habit’!

[@mattiassjoquist5042]

Cause and effect?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmm....!

[@chubbethsthunder]

Santee, Another great episode of the Old West. Thank you very much. You and Mrs Pew Pew have a beautiful and blessed weekend. Hug the kitty cat and piggy for me. LORD GOD Bless and stay vigilant.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@northrider8628]

Saturday mornings with a cup of coffee and my favorite video to watch. Thanks 🤠

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Morning!

[@johnraines4825]

Could make a nice comedy bit in a reenactment!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Absolutely.

[@JimBailey]

Thank you Santee. Always learning something new each time I watch your videos. Thanks again. :)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@MelissaKaren-v2t]

@@JimBailey totally agree 👍 hey 👋 nice to meet you 😊 how are you doing ☺

[@rhondaz356]

This was so cool. I never fully understood the process of mail-order brides. It was more secure, and organized than I thought. ***As always, your audios and visuals perfectly nailed it all, Santee. 🎊🤠👏🏻👏🏻

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Aww, thanks!!

[@bar-1studios]

They sent ladies out by the boatload. Literally. A number of companies chartered cruises through the cape from the east coast to the west (and Alaska.)

[@kennethhummel4409]

One of my wife’s ancestors was a Mercer girl, one of a group of women moved west to Seattle back in its early days! Needless to say she loved the old TV show Here Come the Brides.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Fun stuff!

[@scottmarilynpestell8112]

In the mid 90's I was at a remote town dump in Northern British Columbia. There was a mail order bride catalogue on the landing at the dump. It was at the very remote town of Manson Creek. Still a placer mining area.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

whoah!! I hope you preserved it.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

My family had a similar arrangement in VA during the 1600s. Formal or informally the idea has been around a long time. He later handed his estate to his oldest son and was hung for his role in Bacon's Rebellion

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh yeah, it goes back a few centuries.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@ArizonaGhostriders I was just surprised, his father arrived in1609 at James City ( Jamestown) and then 2 generations later there was a Revolution attempt The mail order bride almost seems normal. The Plantation was near Martin's 100 near the falls on the James River

[@donmears4090]

Thank you again for my Saturday morning history lesson that makes me smile. 😊

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I appreciate it.

[@ralphperez4862]

Loved this. I had to go away to the university to find mine. A classic light brown haired and big brown eyed girl of Danish decent. I told her that "once you go brown, you never come back around!" Well, she fell for it. That was 44 years ago. She's wondered what she'd done to herself ever since. Ha. Thanks Santee.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeeehaw!

[@Sleeperdude]

I’ll be at old Tucson in a few weeks I’ll have to watch out for you.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Say hi! I work currently wednesday-sunday.

[@robertbuckey6517]

Great episode, Santee! I enjoy the marriage of history and humor in your videos! Also, happy 143rd Anniversary of the Gunfight at the OK Corral!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks. How does one "celebrate" that? Curious!

[@robertbuckey6517]

​@ArizonaGhostriders I did it with brisket. It also happens to be my birthday, lol.

[@Rick_King]

One of my favorite comedy westerns was "The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County," in which the blacksmith, Dan Blocker, sends for a mail order bride. There were lots of well-known guest stars, like Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, Stubby Kaye, Mickey Rooney, Noah Beery Jr., Iron Eyes Cody, Jack Cassidy, and of course the lovely Nanette Fabray. A crazy, enjoyable romp! -Desert Rat Rick

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!

[@tomryan914]

Hollywood standby 'Usual Suspects'.

[@elultimo102]

An always interesting start for a Saturday morning. Howdy from the cold White Mountains north of Show Low.

[@jeanf8998]

@@elultimo102 hey!👋 miss az

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Morning!

[@joemortimer1763]

Yeppers. There's a whole bunch of a lot of stories about this topic and you provided a great "Reader's Digest" synopsis. Great topic! Cute piggie.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow, thank you!

[@Rollin_L]

Oh, man. This brought out flashbacks of "Here Come the Brides" on TV from my childhood!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice.

[@Aswaguespack]

As always another excellent presentation for a Saturday morning. It would not be a proper Saturday morning without a AGRs Video. Thanks Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks again!

[@ZeRowe]

I reckon I need me one them mail order brides 😎😜

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Get two in case one doesn't work out.

[@ZeRowe]

@@ArizonaGhostriders 😂 great idea

[@sailorstu]

You could join the Mormon religion, and marry as you want 😊

[@Rags2Itches]

I noticed how you worked in a blonde joke in the intro. Nicely done. Although not in the Wild West era, my 9th removed grandfather's first wife was a Fille du Roi (King's Girl), sent over to Quebec by the King. She was also supposed to be indentured for 7 years. Some how that part got dropped . Perhaps because the marriage took place soon after she arrived or my ancestor paid off her debt? No one knows. His second wife was a widow but when she was younger and unmarried, sent to Quebec. She was of a wealthier status and not indentured by the King. They were called Daughter's of the King. This was in the late 1600s.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Pretty interesting history, there!

[@mherod51]

Good 'n interesting stuff......and nice pig at the end. Good boy

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks 👍

[@AlphaTraveler1]

Oh man, I didnt think those things existed at that time. I thought it is like the current day thing. HAHA. You always bring some AWESOME and interesting topic Santee. 👍👍👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for watching!

[@cavtroopermunoz]

Thanks Santee, even back them match making looks like it was big business. I'd like to see a follow up on a story of such a couple that traveled West with each other.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I'll try and find out.

[@l.tjustonsenack]

oh boy mail in the old west what good fun

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🥃

[@michaelpage4199]

Ok loved it. Never knew the full story on this. Amazing

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brucelovenite]

another awesome job . very interesting subject . love the piglet

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Desolate1]

I can see me placing an advertisement just to escape my current husband.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAAH!

[@edgabel6814]

Great one! Great movie clips too!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TimKoehn44]

Excellent episode, Santee! That clears up a lot of misconceptions. Have a great weekend. Cheers!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tommyadkins844]

I had always wondered about the mail-order brides thing, saw an episode of "The Rifleman" about it. Never happens much here in PR. But then again war brides were more common here even before the world wars and Korea.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good!!

[@sailorstu]

If I am thinking of the same one, that was a good episode of the Rifleman. Although if memory serves me correctly, it was the Groom whom moved West to be with her. He was quite the character. Big, Strong and Smart. He brought along a heavy case full of books in a time when most people couldn't read. I also love how he tossed a bad guy up high into the rafters. Great way to end a fight when you don't want to hurt someone. Too bad he wasn't in more episodes.

[@bar-1studios]

As for further reading, I picked up a book titled *Object: Matrimony* on a trip out west a few years back. It goes into detail on some of the stand out cases in the pages of The Matrimonial Times.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah? Neat!

[@BlakeHutto]

Very interesting Santee. See ya on down the trail buddy!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

For sure!

[@joelhurley2678]

Great video Santee and very interesting thank you so much.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

My pleasure!

[@doraran2138]

Buddy Ebsen ('Jed Clampet') was in a movie, likely from 1960's, on this topic. I saw it once on TV many years ago and not seen since. I think Flatt and Skruggs did some of music in it. Also, somewhat related, while women scarce on frontier, men were somewhat scarce back East. Priests, ministers and rabbis, actively worked to create families by getting them together. A local geneologist on a radio show would refer to 'winter trips off the frontier' obviously when work was slow, that men would go back East and often return with a wife, with trips organized by religious groups, to screen participants, and minimize 'shady characters'. While not exactly 'mail order', there was sufficient correspondence by participants and organizers. All that said, you avoided the current ads "women from (fill in Russia, Vietnam, etc.) looking for American husbands" that fill the internet. The more thing change, the more they stay the same.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, I tried to watch it, but couldn't find it in time for the video release.

[@colinmoore7460]

Great video, and not just becaues I spotted Michael Crawford, before he played Frank Spencer on British TV, and a long time before he became the first Phantom of the Opera in Londons West end. Could you do something on famouse actors in bit parts in westerns, BEFORE the became famouse.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sure!

[@Snuffy03]

Dang. Wish are enough trouble without buying one, sight unseen, from a catalog. But thanks Santee for another great Saturday video.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks much.

[@ricoramirez4678]

Another informative episode … they are interesting indeed! Thank you

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So nice of you

[@NGMonocrom]

Wish the old system still existed. It would just simplify things, greatly.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Perhaps!

[@sailorstu]

I certainly understand what you are saying. However way back then, there were still gold digging women, cheaters, and the term Black Widow isn't exactly new. At least now we have more choices. If you want a Mail Order bride, they still exist. Or there are still plenty of places to meet others.

[@jjsadventures]

Interesting topic.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good!

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Mail order brides in the west are fascinating. Because it was one of those rare eras where it was honestly kinda necessary for the families and growth of the old west. Men needed women, and women needed men. Women didn’t have enough men in the East, and there were barely any marriage women out west. So, it was a perfect compromise for supply on both ends. Because demand was equal.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yep, one reason is "less men in the east"

[@Culloden-1745]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Horace Greeley didn't think his words through completely when he said "Go West, young man."

[@anulfadventures]

My Grandmother was the friend(or acquaintance) of my Grandfather's cousin. When he came back east to visit his Mother, they were introduced. Luckily she was willing to move out west and the rest as they say is history,

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Fun stuff!!

[@lemonadratrand]

Another great video Santee, I was wondering if you had ever heard of the Birdman of the Coorong I think you might find the story Interesting

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I'll look it up.

[@scenicdriveways6708]

Another great episode Santee, well done. JT

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@abrahemsamander3967]

That pot belly is adorable!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

She is.

[@distlledbrewedreviewed]

Something i never thought about. Interesting my friend.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@indigowolf556]

Hey this was an interesting video this week Santee! I'm even laughing at some of the comments that are written below. I don't think we had any mail order brides in my family, I can't trace anything back too far but I do know that my grandmother ran a speakeasy that's pretty cool! 🤠🤠🤔

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@larrydotson2625]

A penny a word! Outrageous

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sinful

[@callawayken650]

Just like obituaries.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@callawayken650 HA!

[@roachman1412]

One of my favorite movies is 1951 Westward Woman

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Cool!

[@LionquestFitness]

Good one Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks!

[@tscream80]

So, it was more like putting a personal ad in the newspaper that actually an actual "order." Also, I'd think folks out on the American frontier would have preferred a "hearty woman" over a "dainty" one. Someone to help out with the work, essentially.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Right!

[@led8541]

Great video Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@danielgray1446]

My great-grandparents "met" when mutual friends sent a letter, pretending to be him, with a picture. She responded and they were soon married. This was in the 1910s. Thank God for good wingmen, they have been around for centuries!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes!!!

[@elflordsjourneys]

That would sure be better than the junk i get in my mail nowadays 😅

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@double-eagle-dave]

The return postage on 1 is gonna be 🔥🔥🤷

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

yes!

[@sbcinema]

this reminds me of the good old 80s video dating

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah?

[@renrat1585]

Ever see paint your wagon with lee Marvin? Not mail order bride, but kinda close.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I showed it in the video!

[@jb6027]

Mark Knopfler (Dire Straights) did a song abourtmail order brides.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thought so!

[@Paladin1873]

Not a mail order bride, but perhaps she qualifies as a singing telegram bride. Isador heard her angelic vocals on a dock while he was awaiting a riverboat, circa 1879. Intrigued, he boldly introduced himself to Bertha. Thus began their relationship which led to marriage and eight children, the youngest of whom was my grandmother.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very cool!!!

[@cheycasters]

hahaa.... Thanks dude!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

At about 01:11 in this video: PUT THAT DURN DINOSAUR TO WORK! 🤭

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Are YOU gonna tell him to work? HAHA!

[@desertratsss]

Hey Sir, I enjoy your work, I am wondering if you would be interested in doing an episode on hearing protection in the old west, Shooting a revolver is pretty much instant deafness. But watching any western shows no ill effects, any thoughts? Thanks

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes.

[@puzzlej7592]

hey Santee could you do a video on cannons in the old west? how often were they used? did any native americans or civilians ever own or use them? any other fun facts about artillery in that era?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I'd love to. Thanks!

[@chelseadanico877]

Very interestingly awsome and interestingly informative video, I really liked and enjoyed it,I learned a lot about what mail order brides in the old west were, that I didnt know about until now and I learned more about the old west frontier as well. I got a lot of inspiration for my old west frontier, mario,zelda, ancient hebrew, biblical and ancient sumerian and mesopatamian myth, eytemology and demonology inspired writing projects, that Im rewritting a few of my interconnected stories for. Great job,well done and keep up the great work. Im thinking about adding mail order brides to my stories world alongside the hidden history theory of babies being grown in cabbage patches with the help of alchemical science. The cabbage patch baby theory came from a alternative history theorist channel 'Mind Unvieled, hace you heard of that theory before?, its a very wild one. The story Im working on writing today is set in a shipping container facility base and ither parts of the story are set in a shipping container, thats connected and hooked up to the ship RMS.Titanic via a tow rope.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you got inspired, Chelsea!

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks. Right now Im getting further inspiration from pokemon fan projects, zeldaxpokemon fan projects,zelda fan projects and mario fan projects as well as liminal spaces/the backrooms and the lore behind amusement park attractions. Im also workung on adding onto the lore of my stories world 'The EarthStone PlanetPlane'.

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Funny enough, my Great x3 grandmother came here after her husband had been killed in the Franco Prussian war with her 9 year old daughter. It appears that's how she made it to Colorado.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!!!

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Putting a sling on the old shotgun today!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice. Have fun with it.

[@tedebear108]

You should share some photosof people in the period. Both original photos And those are real actors. Thanks for the good video.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Will do

[@shotbytim9624]

One reason eastern women may have been willing to go west for marriage is the shortage of men in the East due to Civil War casualties. A full 10% of all the non-elderly adult men had been killed. The percentage would be even higher for men in the typical family-starting age range of 20-30.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes, that's one reason.

[@Miningpastpresentfuture]

This goes back all of the way back to the beginning of British colonization in North America. The Virginia Company sent over several dozen single women in 1620-21 to Jamestown to allow men to choose their brides and Women to accept the proposal or wait for a better offer.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yep. Thank goodness I'm only dealing with the Old West.

[@job38four10]

As mentioned below, 1951 Westward the Women. I ordered a wife in 1877, still waiting...........

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

Mail order brides! We also had this here in Portugal and marriages for life and it wasn't that long ago! During the colonial war! There were many marriages that remain to this day!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

NO kidding??

[@marcosaraiva9205]

@@ArizonaGhostriders YES! It was like that!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

@@ArizonaGhostriders The loneliness of a soldier in Africa! No girlfriends and mail brides came in to play a revival of the practice!

[@Remoniq]

I think there is a Lucky Luke comic about this. Wait, the comic is about a miners town who sent photos and asked for wifes and the women picked who they liked. Kind of the same thing... right?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sure!

[@RonHuffman-o8o]

Santee. My wife and love your Channel but we miss that Pew Pew! I thought of a question for you to research. How did they deal with snake bites, scorpion bites, etc. in the old west? Thanks Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ms. Santee is a hard working teacher. I haven't gotten her into a video in awhile. I'll work on that. I made a video recently about "Bite Ya Stab Ya or Sting Ya"

[@musketman2008]

Hi Santee, I'd like to create a circuit riding preacher. Any ideas?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Search "1880 preacher" and you can find some images from them. Looks like a suit and a silk tie.

[@musketman2008]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thank you

[@alexleblond5041]

By during my genealogy, I found out we had some lost family members, sour kicked off the family tree as the were not. Part of the family anymore, because they got in trouble with the law and they had to move away, but because they moved away the way that they did that was they moved out west. By doing that as well. So there were some female family members that did that in our family, there was actually a whole bunch of them that did that when they moved the first one moved out west, they kept doing that all their life as going to the family research, I found and statement that the first one said I would not take another chance of meeting a man and I think this is the perfect way to meet a man so therefore, she taught her daughters to do the same

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting!!

[@virginia7191]

Surprised that you didn’t show a clip from Westward The Women.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Too many movies on this subject.

[@santamanone]

I related question. I see the folded flag over your left shoulder. Is that from your own prior service? Or is it a service flag that was presented at a family member’s funeral?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

It's in the archive room at work. No info. Probably from a family member of Old Tucson who passed years ago.

[@steveferris663]

Santee, just a quick question worth considering … some of us, as we age, grow “out” and “down”. Yep, we get a gut … no longer the thin, fit, cowboy of our youth; but, the Rooster Cogburn type! My former 5’9”, 150 lbs frame is now 5’7”, 205 lbs.! So, costume ideas for “short”, “fat”, “old” men??? I’d imagine some type of “townee”???

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sure!

[@PapaKryptoss]

Howdy everyone

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hey

[@lon242]

Howdy mister

[@woo6458]

He or she may had a complaint that the letter delivery was too late. (I guess ghostwriter is one of famous job during wild west.)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Perhaps!

[@thomaslietzau2813]

ANOTHER GOOD ONE SANTEE ..SO THATS HOW YOU MET YOUR SCHOOL MARM WIFE ..SEARS AND ROEBUCK ..WELL YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND ..ADOIS SANTEE

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA! Thank You!

[@trynsurviven2440]

How do ya get one of them there order books? I might be interested in one but no Karen’s or Annabell’s.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Had some experience with those names, eh?

[@trynsurviven2440]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Yes I have.

[@MarSchlosser]

Sounds like the old, old days where a colonist would ask family in Europe to find him a bride. If he approved her, they married by proxy, and met for the first time when she came to the US. But, for many women, it was the only way to escape being a 'cat-lady' (old maid). So many men left Europe for the Americas and Africa, the English had a saying, the might of england rests on the shoulders of cat ladies, whose cats eat mice that would eat bumblebees needed to pollinate clover used to feed cattle that in turn feed soldiers who depend on cat ladies...

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Goes back even further, but yeah!

[@greghardy9476]

Barbie doll=Mail order bride from Wish…

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

OK!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

even if it’s not western, the movie “The Golden Boys” featured this very concept but with it being three retired sea captains on Cape Cod seeking the wife for one of them. it’s adapted from a contemporary book: “Cap'N Eri” which was published in 1904… Bill might like it too: the director went to prison for defrauding the state and investors 🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@ArizonaGhostriders i only learned about it because i was on the grand jury that indicted the writer/director but it’s just like you mentioned and even included a mutual agreement to pay for the woman’s return ticket if they didn’t marry. plus it had two western actors, Bruce Dern and David Caradine

[@basiliohernandez5111]

How do we make returns or exchanges?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Consult your better business bureau.

[@simiouno6125]

Talking movie clips,zandy's bride...the most tedious western ever made !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

One of 'em, for sure!

[@simiouno6125]

McCabe And Miller close second !

[@julienielsen3746]

Cute piggy.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

She is.

[@docstockandbarrel]

👍🏻

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@lawrencelewis2592]

Australia had a shortage of women in the 1800s, so in Britain any woman convicted of the most minor crimes (stealng a pin, for example) would be sent there. "Sentenced to transportation" was the term used. Same thing happened in Canada when there was a shortage of French-speaking women.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow!! Good info.

[@hazcat640]

Does Mrs. Santee know yer perusing that book? 😲

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

She gave it to me.

[@hazcat640]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Hmmm, Have you thought about the possible messages she is sending? 😂

[@johnraines4825]

Interesting vid, Santee! A sideline business?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmm, maybe! Santee and Dolly Levi.

[@martykitson3442]

🤠👍👍👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@cornbread1955]

👍👍👍😎☕

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

👍👍