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Wild Women of the West: Eliza Mott
This dedicated wife and mother started the first school in Nevada in her own home and became the state’s first schoolteacher.
How Calamity Jane Stole The Dead Man’s Hand
This raucous wild west icon may not have been as closely tied to Wild Bill as once thought, but she sure did get the last buck.
Wild Women of the West: Isabella Logan
Isabella’s superb culinary and hospitality skills were widely talked about…
Wild Women of the West: Bethenia Owens-Hill
Fifteen-year-old Bethenia Owens-Hill stared out the window of her aunt’s farmhouse, rocking her in…
Wild Women of the West: The Bride Business
Living in loneliness on the plains or in the mountains of the West without female friends on hand ex…
Wild Women of the West: Katherine Clemmons
On February 17, 1894, the posh Chamberlain Restaurant in Washington, D.C., was filled to capacity wi…
Wild Women of the West: Widow Jones
A lively, petite woman with dark hair and dark eyes coaxed a pair of blonde mares pulling a well-use…
Wild Women Wednesday: Widow Jones
A lively, petite woman with dark hair and dark eyes coaxed a pair of blonde mares pulling a well-use…
Wild Women Wednesday: Belle Cora
The New World gambling parlor in Marysville, California in 1851 was filled with prospectors and sojo…
Wild Women of the West: Actress Sarah Kirby Stark
A bright star went west to California looking for a gold of her own.
Wild Women Wednesday: Actress Sarah Kirby Stark
Sarah Kirby threw down the newspaper and paced across the room, only to turn and race back to the cr…
Wild Women Wednesday: Frances Allen Noyes
A cluster of tents dotted a strip of frozen earth at the base of a massive glacier in Skagway, Alask…
Wild Women Wednesday: Mary Gray McLench
By: Chris Enss On March 22, 1851, the steamship the Empire City arrived at the Isthmus of Panama. …
Wild Women Wednesday: Pauline Cushman
Among the exhibits on display at P. T. Barnum’s American Theatre in New York City during the summe…