Damn. Clearly don't fuck with Stagecoach Mary.
Jim and Bad, Bad Leroy Brown both run for the hills when Stagecoach Mary comes to town.
Nah, or her girlfriend because she would absolutely break your nose or challenge you to a duel and likely win.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fields
She lived quite the life!
My favorite part of the article:
In 1959, actor and Montana native Gary Cooper wrote an article for EBONY in which he wrote, "Born a slave somewhere in Tennessee, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath, or a .38."
Gary Cooper > John Wayne
Best Western actor of that entire era, also the inspiration for Timothy Olyphant's portrayal of Raylan Givens on Justified.
Wow a real life zeugma
She definitely deserves her own movie.
Whew. It's a good thing you specified AD, OP. I was this close to assuming this photo was shot by a portrait hobbyist pharoah.
Don't make me go back to AUC
