Renewal

Marriages and births were exciting events along the Oregon Trail. In the beginning, there were few unmarried women of a marriageable age who accompanied the wagons West — most women were wives traveling with their husbands. Later, however, some spirited young, single women began to join the trek out of a sense of adventure and desire to see the new land. Romances bloomed. Marriages followed. And soon, new frontier families graced the land.
"With mostly men on the move,The odds began to improve,As fair maids joined the trek on the trail.For a man on his own,Is just that — alone,While Nature requires a Pair to prevail."