“You just forget about being scared when you ride horses”. 966: Fannie Sperry Steele Bronc Rider and Rodeo Performer Born: 27 March 1887, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States of America Died: 11 February 1983, Helena, Montana, United States of America Fannie’s mother taught her to ride by the time she could walk. She…
“Often I am the only woman in a crowd of two hundred or more horse dealers…Sometimes people come out to the stockyards to see in me a new curiosity, and there are a few who try to flirt or make sport of me. I just walk up to a group of such men and, looking…
955: Louise Siuwheem Polotkin Apostle to Her People, The Coeur d’Alene Born: c.1800, Present-day Kootenai County, Idaho, United States of America Died: 1853, Present-day Kootenai County, Idaho, United States of America Original Name: Siuwheem (Meaning Tranquil Waters) Louise helped convert her people to Christianity after Catholic Missionaries arrived on her tribal lands in 1842. Missionaries…
954: Clara Brown Former Slave who Helped Settle Colorado Born: c.1800, Virginia, United States of America Died: 23 October 1885, Denver, Colorado, United States of America Also Known As: Aunt Clara Clara was freed from bondage in 1859, but her husband and children who had been separated from her earlier on were not. When Clara…
“When the army came and built all around Unalaska they destroyed our berry patches and disturbed our fishing grounds. Up to this day this is why we have a hard time getting Aleut food in Unalaska.” 949: Anfesia Shapsnikoff Aleut Leader & Educator Born: 1 October 1901, Atka, Alaska Territory (Present-day Atka, Alaska, United States…
948: Etta Eugenie Schureman Jones Teacher Turned Prisoner of War Born: September 1879, New Jersey*, United States of America Died: December 1965, Bradenton, Florida, United States of America Etta taught at Alaskan schools for Native children and was a trained nurse. She married her husband when she was forty-two years old, and they never had…
947: Nellie Neal Lawing Roadhouse Operator, Frontierswoman, Sled Runner, Hunter, & Trapper Born: c.1874, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States of America Died: 10 May 1956, Steward, Alaska, United States of America Also Known As: Alaska Nellie From the time she was a child, Nellie dreamed of going to Alaska; America’s last frontier. She finally arrived…
“God help anyone who walked on the lawn after Mary had cut it.” -One of the Nuns Mary lived with 781: Mary Fields She Wasn’t Called Stagecoach for Nothing Born: c. 1832, Hickman County, Tennessee, United States of America Died: 5 December 1914, Cascade, Montana, United States of America Mary was the First African American…
116) Captain Jack Kintpuash Principal Headman of the Modoc of California and Oregon Born: c1837, Tule Lake, California, United States of America Died: 3 October 1873, Fort Klamath, Oregon, United States of America Kintpuash means “Strikes the Water Brashly” Captain Jack led a Band from the Klamath Reservation in California during the Modoc War, where…