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Wild Women Of The West: Happy Ever After

by Chris Enss April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

Business for matrimonial publications increased substantially whenever stories of successful mail-or…

Wild Women Of The West: Mail Order Articles

by Chris Enss April 14, 2021April 12, 2021

“I am fat, fair, and 48. 5 feet high. Am a No. 1 lady, well fixed with no encumbrance:…

Hailey Kinsel, Barrel Racer

Meet barrel racing's Girl on Fire and the horse that lights the flame!

Debbe Dunning, Actress

Debbe Dunning, the former Home Improvement Tool Time Girl trades Hollywood for the heartland.

Breakaway Roping

Breaking Down The Breakaway with professional roper, Jordan Jo Fabrizio

Kenda Lenseigne, Shooter

Kenda Lenseigne dared to beat the boys to become World Champion.

Elizabeth Poett, Rancher

Elizabeth Poett is an eighth generation rancher on her family's Rancho San Julian.

Quincy Freeman, Designer

Rodeo Quincy is an eclectic fashion brand with a Spanish flair for Western.

Mesa Pate, Cowgirl

A family legacy of tenacity and grit it what propels this young, authentic cowgirl.

Amberley Snyder, Speaker

10 years from the moment that changed her life has proven to be an inspiration.

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Wild Women Of The West: Mail Order Brides

by Chris Enss April 7, 2021April 6, 2021

“Middle-aged bachelor sought. Prosperous 130-pound rancher with full head of hair, keen eyes…

Wild Women Of The West: The Shifty Matrimonial Agent

by Chris Enss August 21, 2018August 20, 2018

At twenty-one years of age Gladys Knowles feared she would die an old maid.

Wild Women Of The West: An Unlikely Match

by Chris Enss August 14, 2018

From 1875 to 1895, hopeful men and women from Connecticut to California daily perused the pages of the Matrimonial News in search of someone who would commit to them for the rest of their lives.

Wild Women Of The West: Destined to Divorce

by Chris Enss August 7, 2018

Nellie and Joe Sleet’s mail-order marriage wasn’t the only correspondence romance that ended in bitter divorce…

Wild Women of the West: Belle Gunness

by Chris Enss August 9, 2017January 26, 2018

The impact of women on the American frontier in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries should …