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While no one can pinpoint who first used the phrase in print, "Go West, young man" is a quote that is often credited to the American author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley. It became one of the most commonly quoted sayings from the nineteenth Century, and it's been said to have had some influence on the course of American history.
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"Washington [D.C.] is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting, and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country." — attributed to Horace Greeley, New York Daily Tribune, July 13, 1865.
Greeley recognized that the fertile farmland of the west was an ideal place for people willing to work hard. The phrase came to symbolize the theory that agriculture could solve many of the nation's problems of unemployment and poverty that were so common in the big cities in the East.
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By the 1800s, mostly male settlers answered the call to head west following stories that painted a picture of a land of milk and honey. A shortage of females developed as they searched for gold and plowed up the prairies building shelters out of sod
“We want an emigration of respectable females to California: of rosy-cheeked ‘down east’ Yankee girls—of stout ‘hoosier’ and ‘badger’ lasses, who shall be wives to our farmers and mechanics and mothers to a generation of ‘Yankee Californians.’ ” Quoted by Chris Enss in his book Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides.
Inscription: "In August 1878, fear of death caused a panic during which 30,000 of 50,000 Memphians fled this bluff city. By October, the epidemic of yellow fever killed 4,204 of 6,000 Caucasians and 946 of 14,000 Negros who stayed. With some outside help, citizens of all races and walks of life, recognizing their common plight in this devastated, bankrupt community, tended 17,600 sick and buried the dead. As a result, many of them lost their lives, becoming martyrs in their service to mankind."
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"Washington [D.C.] is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting, and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country." — attributed to Horace Greeley, New York Daily Tribune, July 13, 1865.
Greeley recognized that the fertile farmland of the west was an ideal place for people willing to work hard. The phrase came to symbolize the theory that agriculture could solve many of the nation's problems of unemployment and poverty that were so common in the big cities in the East.
https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/what-pioneers-packedBy the 1800s, mostly male settlers answered the call to head west following stories that painted a picture of a land of milk and honey. A shortage of females developed as they searched for gold and plowed up the prairies building shelters out of sod
In 1851, One California Paper pleaded:
“We want an emigration of respectable females to California: of rosy-cheeked ‘down east’ Yankee girls—of stout ‘hoosier’ and ‘badger’ lasses, who shall be wives to our farmers and mechanics and mothers to a generation of ‘Yankee Californians.’ ” Quoted by Chris Enss in his book Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides.
Courtesy of Glacier National Park Photo Archives, photo HPF 9871.
While back east, the opposite problem occurred. The enormous death toll of men during the Civil War also created an acute shortage of available men, especially in the southern states. In many cases, answering an ad to become a mail-order bride was a literal ticket for a chance at a new life. Is it any wonder that advertisements like this became common?
In the 1870’s Yellow Fever epidemics also affected the population.
The Worst Outbreak
The worst outbreak began in July of 1878 when Yellow Fever was brought north from New Orleans to Memphis when a man escaped a quarantined steamboat and visited a restaurant. In August of the same year, news of deaths in New Orleans and the nearby town of Hickman led to the mass exodus. Most of the residents who were able left within a week, and approximately twenty-five thousand people fled to other cities and spread the disease as far away as Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky.
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After caring for her daughter and a friend, restaurant owner, Kate Bionda became the first Memphis resident to die of yellow fever. On August 13, she left behind three children, Willie, Joseph, and Josephine. Afterward, the infection spread rapidly. Her story inspired me to consider what would have happened to orphaned children at this time.
The worst outbreak began in July of 1878 when Yellow Fever was brought north from New Orleans to Memphis when a man escaped a quarantined steamboat and visited a restaurant. In August of the same year, news of deaths in New Orleans and the nearby town of Hickman led to the mass exodus. Most of the residents who were able left within a week, and approximately twenty-five thousand people fled to other cities and spread the disease as far away as Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/fever-1878-epidemic/
After caring for her daughter and a friend, restaurant owner, Kate Bionda became the first Memphis resident to die of yellow fever. On August 13, she left behind three children, Willie, Joseph, and Josephine. Afterward, the infection spread rapidly. Her story inspired me to consider what would have happened to orphaned children at this time.
https://www.zestvine.com/worst-epidemics-pandemics-world-history/
Of those residents who stayed, 17,000 caught the fever, and 5,150 died. An average of two hundred people died daily through September; thirty-three physicians also perished.
Of those residents who stayed, 17,000 caught the fever, and 5,150 died. An average of two hundred people died daily through September; thirty-three physicians also perished.
“Catholic Sisters of Charity.” The Catholic Sisters of Charity was one of several private charity groups that provided food to the victims of the yellow fever epidemic, especially women and children. Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library and Archives via the Digital Library of Tennessee and the Digital Public Library of America.
Inscription: "In August 1878, fear of death caused a panic during which 30,000 of 50,000 Memphians fled this bluff city. By October, the epidemic of yellow fever killed 4,204 of 6,000 Caucasians and 946 of 14,000 Negros who stayed. With some outside help, citizens of all races and walks of life, recognizing their common plight in this devastated, bankrupt community, tended 17,600 sick and buried the dead. As a result, many of them lost their lives, becoming martyrs in their service to mankind."
After researching the pandemic of 1878, I was surprised that I had very little recollection from my history lessons about this 19th Century epidemic. The selfless acts of these heroes stirred my heart and imagination and the inspiration behind a fictitious orphanage, the Counting Stars Children's Home. located in a rural setting outside of Memphis.
Best Friends Bound by Tragedy
Travel back in time as six brave young women bound by their experience surviving a Yellow Fever epidemic leave the hills of Tennessee and travel West as mail-order brides. Fans of Western historical romance set in the late 19th Century will root for each potential bride as she starts her adventure, seeking refuge and a chance for a new life.
Travel back in time as six brave young women bound by their experience surviving a Yellow Fever epidemic leave the hills of Tennessee and travel West as mail-order brides. Fans of Western historical romance set in the late 19th Century will root for each potential bride as she starts her adventure, seeking refuge and a chance for a new life.
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