wicked women wednesday

A pair of large, mean steers burst out of the gate and raced onto the parade field.  Eighteen-year-old Lucille Mulhall bolted after the beasts atop her trained horse, Governor.  The beautiful blond with petite features and blue-gray eyes quickly tossed the lasso she was twirling and snagged one of the animals around its neck.  The...

According to the February 8, 1885, edition of the Colorado Transcript, when Charley Hatfield was born in 1837, her mother gave her the name of Charlotte.  Her friends and family called her Charley.  The circumstances surrounding the infant’s birth were just as controversial as the life she would later lead. Charlotte was the product of...

A shabby looking prospector emerged from the dark, weathered entrance of the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Colorado, and straightened his stooped shoulders.  He dropped his pickax beside a rusty ore cart and rolled and lit a cigarette.  His weary face was set in a scowl as he surveyed the mountains rising precipitately around the well-worked...