wild women wednesday

Agnes Lake Hickok, Wild Bill’s Wife It wasn’t easy being married to the deadliest pistoleer in the Old West, but Agnes Lake Hickok wasn’t one to shy away from difficulty. She was more than ten years older than Wild Bill Hickok when they married on March 5, 1876, and a fairly well-known woman in her...

Women crossing the great plains of the American frontier during the Gold Rush didn’t have a pocket guide of dos and don’ts to help them through romantic encounters.  There was no manual to fall back on when in doubt about the pioneer, prospector, or cowboy that came calling.  The daring ladies who bravely ventured beyond...

Pioneer woman and early entrepreneur, Luzena Stanley Wilson   Frontier pioneer Eliza Inman wrote in her journal in 1843, “If Hell laid to the west, Americans would cross Heaven to reach it.” Luzena Stanley Wilson, mother of three and wife of aspiring gold miner, Mason Wilson, wholeheartedly agreed with the sentiment. In 1849, news of the Gold Rush captivated...