GOIN WES FOR THE MIND

GOLD WAS NOT THE GOAL TIL 1849. PEOPLE CAME FOR THE FREEDOM FROM THE RESTRICTED LIFE MAN-DATED IN THE EAST. SOME CAME FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SOME CAME FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION. BEEN READING ABOUT THE WESWARD MOVEMENT. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD WAS FULL OF DUALITY. A LOT HARDER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED. ITS N HERSTORY. OF COURSE FEW WROTE THE SECRETS THAT WERE SHAMED BUT NOT ILLEGAL TIL 1918 OR SO. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF HOW GRANDMA EARNED HER MONEY BUT WOMEN COULD PURCHASE LAND IN THE WES AND SO THEY CAME, WHY STAY ANY PLACE YOUVE BEEN SHAMED. THE CIVIL WAR LEFT MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNPROTECTED AND OPEN TO ABUSE AND THEN SHAME.