Hello, There is a story in the "MassMoments" daily e-mail this morning which you might like to read. Asa MERCER came from Seattle, WA, to Lowell, MA, to "recruit" single women to come to WA and help out in that Territory. Read about their travels ! http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=31 Betty (near Lowell, MA) STAY WARM ! (By the way, remember all the women who became "widows" during the 1860's !) (And the children who became "orphans.")