NARRATIVE: In the settlement of the American West, many newlyweds headed into the great unknown to chase dreams and start their life together. Sometimes life on the frontier wasn’t as romantic as they thought it would be since it required a lot of hard work and fostered loneliness.  

“Dearest Daughter,

Many months have passed since you ventured so far from family, home and hearth. We pray that your new married life out West at Bent’s Fort is filled with happiness and all that you had hoped. We’ve missed you each and every day since we have been apart though, when we gently close our eyes, your love is in our hearts…”