Stagecoach Mary Fields: 'Stagecoach Mary: The Saint with a Shotgun'

Let us know what you thinkIn this episode Marcelo tells the impressive the Story of “Stagecoach” Mary Fields. When it came to stagecoach driving, Mary, a hard drinking, cigar smoking, shotgun welding badass was in a league of her own and who later became America’s first Black Woman postal worker on one of Americas toughest routes through the Montana territory in the late 1890s. #USHistory #MontanaHistory   #WesternHistory #BlackHistory Durrett, Deanne Stillman. *Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West*- Haarsma, Eileen M. *Black Women of the Old West*- U.S. Postal Service Historical Archives- Montana Historical Society Oral History Project- *Unladylike2020* (PBS documentary)- Ursuline Sisters Archives of Toledo, OH- Cascade Courier obituaries, December 6, 1914- Montana Women's History Resources, Montana Historical Society- Star Route Records, U.S. National Archives- "Mary Fields, Pioneer Mail Carrier" – Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Vol. 34 Thanks so much for listening!!!!!Like, subscribe, leave a review, wherever you can!!! Check us out with pictures on YouTube.com @ FalseSummitPodcast and like and subscribe !!!We would love to hear from you!Follow us on Instagram and bluesky @ false_summits_podFeel free to send an email to [email protected] Provided by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/