The Story

This story is based on a true story that happened during the late 1800’s in Seattle, Washington.  Asa Mercer made a trip to the East in order to find women who were willing to travel to the area to marry the many men settlers there. He also made a second trip a few years later.  The television series in the 1960’s, Here Comes  The Brides, was based on the same story.

 This is the second book in a series of at least three books.  In the first book, Amanda, Amanda Stone, a teacher in Ohio, decides to travel with a group of women led by Riley Jackson, along with her friends, Beth Matthews, a farmer’s daughter from Ohio, and Sarah Adams, a physician from St. Louis.  This is a work of fiction and the characters are not based on real people other than Mr. Mercer.  The first book is Amanda about the relationship of Riley and Amanda.  The blog site for Amanda is seattlebrides.blogspot.com   This is a Christian romance.