Author: Jane M. Bardal
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146715363X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
'You get off this property.' - Capt. Ellen Jack, 1887 Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the 'Mining Queen of the Rockies' as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales.
Colorado's Mrs. Captain Ellen Jack
Author: Jane M. Bardal
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146715363X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
'You get off this property.' - Capt. Ellen Jack, 1887 Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the 'Mining Queen of the Rockies' as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146715363X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
'You get off this property.' - Capt. Ellen Jack, 1887 Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the 'Mining Queen of the Rockies' as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales.
Colorado's Mrs. Captain Ellen Jack
Author: Jane Bardal
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439677808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
"You get off this property." - Capt. Ellen Jack, 1887 Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the "Mining Queen of the Rockies" as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439677808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
"You get off this property." - Capt. Ellen Jack, 1887 Ellen E. Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine. To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away. Mrs. Captain Jack contributed to the myth of the West by crowning herself as the "Mining Queen of the Rockies" as she entertained tourists at her roadhouse near Colorado Springs. Author Jane Bardal offers a captivating biography of a pioneering woman who fashioned a legacy through true tenacity and maybe even a few tall tales.
Journal of Proceedings ... Annual Session of the Colorado State Grange
Author: Colorado State Grange
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural societies
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
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Category : Agricultural societies
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
More Trails
Author: Zoltan Malocsay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962925023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962925023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Journal of Proceedings of the Annual Session
Author: Colorado. State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Publisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Merchant Vessels of the United States
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
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Alabama through Missouri
Author: United States. Navy Department. Office of Information
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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The Billboard
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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