Below are links to websites of interest to Laura and David on their ranch in 1873. Laura is a trained doctor, David is a sheriff, rancher and ex-POW of the Civil War.

The Wunderlich Farm

Klein, Texas

The Wunderlich Farm

Klein, Texas

Loom

Wunderlich Farm - Klein, Texas

1800's

What was going on in the world when Laura left Ohio to travel to Texas and marry David? A lot.

1870's Timeline - what books were out, what plays were produced, what was new in science and what was making history?

http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/timeline/1870-1879.html

Nineteenth Century Inventions 1800 - 1850

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100a.htm

Nineteenth Century Inventions 1851 - 1899

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100b.htm

World Chronology: 1873

http://www.answers.com/topic/1873

Civil War Links

David was solider in the Confederate Army. He and his friend Bobby were taken prisoners of war and they spent the last few months of the war at Camp Douglas in Illinois.

http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/campdouglas.html

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10434.html - Pictures

Texas in the Civil War - http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CStx.html

TEXAS REGIMENTS AND UNITS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY - http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/texmain.htm

Major Civil War battles in Texas - http://oh.essortment.com/civilwarbattle_rlev.htm

Raymond Civil War Battlefield - http://battleofraymond.org/history/dedication.htm

Guns and Other Weaponry

http://www.gunhoo.com/guns-and-other-weaponry-from-the-civil-war.html

Canning Station

Wunderlich Farm

Sausage Maker

Wunderlich Farm

Kitchen Utensils

Wunderlich Farm

Mail Order Brides

David places an ad in the Matrimonial Gazette, which Laura answers. Mail order brides in the 19th century were very common. Laura was just one of thousands of women who went west looking for a husband and David one of the men who married them.

Here Comes the Bride - Cultural Context - http://www.kennesaw.edu/hss/wwork/Settlement/bride_cc.htm

Medicine in the 1800's

Laura learned to pratice medicine from her Uncle John, a physician and Union Army doctor. She never attended Medical School, but trained as an apprentice. This was a normal training for physicians during the 1800's. However, it was during the 1800's that medical schools were either opened to women or formed especially for the training of women in the medical field.

The History of Medicine 1800 – 1850

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/history/history03.htm

HIDDEN LEGACY: EARLY FEMALE PHYSICIANS IN ALABAMA

http://sites.google.com/site/earlyfemaledocsalabama/

Jennie Kidd Gowanlock - first licensed female physician in Canada. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/jennie.html

American Civil War Surgical Antiques -

http://www.braceface.com/medical/

Medical Education for Women, 1870 -

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1447078

The Wunderlich Farm

Klein, Texas

Spinning Wheel

The Wunderlich Farm - Klein, Texas

Haverster

Wunderlick Farm

Salvation, Texas

David is a rancher and the sheriff of Salvation, Texas, a fictious town near Bryan and College Station -- home of Texas A&M University.

Discover more about the area where Salvation is located:

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/hdb5.html

A short history of Tejas -

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/two/tejas.htm

Texas History Timeline - http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm

The Texas Beyond History website incorporates virtual museum exhibits, resources for kids and teachers. glossary, and site search to improve public knowledge of Texas -

http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/

Travel

Laura took the railroad and stage coach from Colerain, Ohio to Salvation, Texas. Neither were very comfortable modes of travel.

The Concord Coach - http://www.over-land.com/ccoach.html

Hints For The Traveler: Spit on the Leeward Side -

http://www.over-land.com/hints.html

Riding a Stage Coach: Advice from George Frederick Ruxton: 1847 -

http://www.over-land.com/ccride.html

Song of the Overland Stage Driver -

http://www.over-land.com/song.html

Women of History

Laura was a woman before her time. She was a trained physician, who intended to practice once she reached her new home in Texas. David wasn't so sure he wanted a wife with such an unusal female career, but like other women of history, she rarely listened when told 'no.'

Emily Geiger, "Teenage Revolutionary War Heroine" - A young spy for the U. S.

http://www.historyswomen.com/earlyamerica/EmilyGeiger.html

Jennie Kidd Gowanlock - first licensed female physician in Canada.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/jennie.html

Jane Wilkinson Long, "Mother of Texas " - One of the first American women in Texas. http://www.historyswomen.com/earlyamerica/JaneWilkonson.html

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