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"The lure of adventure and riches brought men west. Some had dreams of a quick gold strike and a life of ease. Some were lone explorers drawn to this vast and unknown land. Still others were homesteaders eager to put down new roots with their families. Although some returned back east, worn out by hardship, many more forged places for themselves on America's new frontier as cowboys and farmers, bachelors and fathers, outlaws and lawmen." "Cathy Luchetti,...
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The westward expansion was a time of radical change in America. The upheaval of moving west and beginning a new life from scratch was difficult for those who made the trip. "Except for love ..." said Isabella Bird of Colorado in 1873, "this is a wretched existence." In spite of the rough conditions and frequent shortages of suitable partners in the West, the pioneers met, fell in love and married, but were forced to adapt their courting to a frontier...