Westward the Women
At a period when"The West" virtually ends in Texas and just California is slowly being inhabited by the white men, there exists a severe absence of women among the workers around Roy Whitman's plantation in the California Valley. So he moves east to Chicago to recruit to become wives because of his or her employees. By the candidates he selects 138 who seem able to survive several few months journey round"The terrific American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains. Compiled by Tom Zoerner
Released: 1951-12-31