Jean L Taloa

Rachel My Love Jean L Taloa

Much has been written in the history books about the brave men who opened up the west. They lived and died so we could have a modern society today. Little has ever been written in the history books about the brave women who lived and died beside their men, giving their all. "Rachel My Love" is the true story of the first white woman to come through St. Joseph, Missouri when it was just a small trading post. She was the first white woman to homestead in what is now Holt County in N. W. Missouri. She lived to tell stories about Quantrill's Raiders, the Civil War and the Jessie James gang. The work of a pioneer woman was hard and Rachel toiled all her life. She experienced two marriages, the death of two baby daughters and raised three strong children to adulthood. Hers was a hard life but she was happy with her lot and gave thanks to God every day. Her story has waited 140 years to be told.