b'FINDING THE REAL WOMEN OF THE WILD WESTCurly Bill andLLeessssoonnssNNoottLLeeaarrnneeddText by Jana Bommersbach and Bob Boze Bellseveral locals areHomicide by MisadventureJaJnaunaurayr y9 ,9 1, 818181drinking it up at the Alhambra SaloonOctober 28,1880: Fresh off the trail fromsays, I am an officer of the law, give me your (also known asSanSimon,wheresomebelieveheNOT-SO-GENTLE TAMERS reachestopullouthis andhispistol.AsCurlyBill Corrigans)CUCRULRYL YB IBLILLLS ST ATBALBEL EM MANANNENRESRSpards treed the town and attempted to hijack apistol, Wyatt gets behind Curly Bill and wraps in Tombstone. Whether they were wrangling ornery kids, or dis-TheThe worst trick II ever knew him totodo do wasworst trickever knewhimwas locomotive, Curly Bill Brocius bringspatching hogs, chickens, scorpions and rattlesnakes,he is to togogointo into a restaurant once, while the people his arms around him to see ifarestaurantonce, while the people his mayhem to Tombstone.the women who lived in Arizona Territory had to be werewere atatdinner. He He was drunk and pulled outcarrying anymore weapons. dinner. was drunkand pulled outAfter a tall bucking at Brownstough. Sarah Butler York, who had traveled with her hishis two two revolvers revolvers and and laid laid them them beside beside his his plate, plate,Grabbing the barrel of Curly Bills daughters to meet her husband in Gila Valley in 1877, corral, the boisterous cow-boys retirepistol,MarshalWhitebarks,Now, After multipleandand ordered ordered everyone everyone atatthe the table table totowait wait until until welcomed the challenge, saying: A rattlesnake is a to Allen Street and land in Corrigansan he hwe aws atsh rtohuroghu,g ha,saist w u d dyou God damned son of a bitch, give it aws ausn genngetlnetmleamnlayn layn drinks, the rowdymore honest enemy, because he, at least, warns one crew spills out ontosaloon. The cow-boys are joined by abefore striking. We know all about the bandits and bad impolite totoriserisebeforeallhadfinished theirupthatpistol!Ashetriestojerk impolitebefore allhadfinishedtheirmeal.local,AndrewMcCauley,cow-boythe pistol out of the cow-boys hand, meal. OfOfcourse, course, everybody everybody in thein the restaurant restaurant sat sat Allen Street andboys, the gunfighters and goons, but not the women andand waited waited until until Bill Bill got got done done eating, eating, but but hehewas was Dick Lloyd (the tall bucker), rancherit goes off. several pull theirwho held it all together with grit and spit. The reality so sofull full hehelaid laid down down his his head head upon upon his his arms arms an dand Frank Patterson, Ed Collins, AndrewI am shot! says White, as he falls. is plain: there never would have been a settled West pistols and shootfelfl ealls laeselpee, pa,n dan tdh et hfeo lfkosl kwse wree rseosaof raafirda iodfohfi mhi mth atth atht etyh esyu psuppopseods ehdehe Ames and a Charleston miner namedThe muzzle blast sets his pants afire, without the womenNative and Mexican women at the moon. waws ajus sjtu sth asmhammimngi nsgle selpee apsatsotgoe tg eat c ah acnhcaen cteotsoh oshoto otht et hfeir sfitr sotn oe nweh wo ho James Johnson. After several drinks, the partyand someone snuffs the flames.here first; Black and White women who followedall rosreo sfero fmro mth eth tea btlaeb. leT.h Teyh eayl l awlla witaeidte udn utinl thile h aew aowkeo,k ew,h wenh ehnehpea ipda itdh et he spills out onto Allen Street, with one or moreWyattbrandishesaborrowedpistoland settling the vast, unknown and scary lands beyond billb iflol rf othr et hcer ocwrodw adn dan lde flte.ft.of the men pulling their pistols and firing sev- clubs Curly Bill on the head, knocking him to the Mississippi River.Fresh out ofofjail jailTucson, Curly BillToTmo mTh Tohrtoornto, nh,o hteolt kele ekpeepr einr iGna GleaylveiyllveilleFresh outininTucson,Curly BillSARAH BUTLER YORKeral shots at the moon and stars. theground.WhathaveIdone?CurlyBillThey called her Old Great Western. CurlyBilltriestostoptheshooting,say- demands.Ihavenotdoneanythingtobe Brocius leads agroup ofofcow-boys back Brocius leadsa group cow-boys backWyatt Earp and to tothe the San San Pedro Pedro River, River, where where they they take take She packed two six-shooters, and ingaccordingtoaneyewitnessthiswontarrested for.his brother MorganCurCluyr Blyi lBl i(lfl a(rf alerf lte )f tw )a ws aasr raersrteesdte tdh et hnee nxte xdta yd afyo rf ohri sh cish uchrcuhr ch ititupstreamandstopatatachurch four upstream andstop achurchfourthey all said she shore could use em, do, boys, but the men continue their promis- Wyattgrabsthecow-boybythecollarand miles from from Charleston. Charleston. shesnheaniagnaingsa nasn dan cdh acrhgaerdg e$d2 5$ 2f5o rf odri sdtiusrtbuirnbgin tgh et hpee apceea.c eC. urCluyr ly hear the illegal miles CIVILIZING THE WEST paipda,id D,e Dpueptyu tSyh eShrieffr iWff iWlliialmlia Bmr eBarkeeankerindrgideg re preoprtoerdt,e db, ubt usat isda id shooting and runandgoing inside, Curly cuous fuselage. As locals gather on the streetmarcheshimovertothesmallwoodenjail, Dismounting andgoinginside,Curly Dismounting that she had killed a couple of menYoung, wholesome women who became the mothers of the non mo omreo rceh uchrcuhr cfho rf ohri mhi,m it,wita ws atos oto eox peexnpesinvsei.ve.Bill,Bill, followed bybyhis his gang, demands theto see what all the shooting is about, three inmere feet away from the fracas. Wyatt and his to the scene.gang,demands the followed parsonin her time. She was a hell ofWest served Americas first fast food. They had to be fast to parsontotostopstophistalkororCurlyCurlyBillthecow-boycrowd,includingCurlyBill,runbrothers Virgil and Morgan round up the rest histalk Billwillwill shoot shoot ananeye eye out. out. keep the trains on time. a good womanCurly behind a building on the south side of the road. ofthepartyandarrestEdCollins,Andrew The first Harvey Girlswaitresses who served meals at CuCrluyr Blyi lBl pilrl opcreoecdese dtos taou tnaut nant dan hdu hmuilmiaitleia the et heCurly Bill Bill and and pards pards shoot shoot upupFifth Fifth Town Marshal Fred White suddenly appearsAmes, Dick Lloyd, Frank Patterson and James andand Allen in in arvey Houses throughout the Southwest along the the Fred Hmore than once.pasptaosrt,o mr, amkiankgi nhgi mh imda ndcaen cliek eli kae f oa oflo ionl ifnro fnrto notf of Allen Tombstonethan once. Tombstone morefrom around the corner. Several men run up,Johnson.THE GREAT WESTERN Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroadwent west in 1883. hish hiso rhroifrireidfi ecdo ncgorneggraetgioatni.on. includingWyattEarp,justasthemarshal NineNine days days later, later, the the terror terror from from San San Simon SimonThese respectable ladies, wearing black dresses with white In an arroyo (behind andand his his pards invade Contention City, where starched aprons, were governed by a strict code of conductnotpardsinvade Contention City, where Sarah Bowman was a pistol-packin mamacita. She the current location thethe cow-boy allowed to chew gum, wear makeup or be out beyond the 10 p.m.cow-boy devils devils begin begin to totree tree the the south south end end had no children of her own, but she adopted numerousWelcome to of the Birdcage) of ofthe the town. town. curfew. They became a fixture in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New American Indian and Mexican orphans who stayedWyatt Earp (center, with pistol) Wyatt, Morgane n Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and California. Many Harvey Girls Harvey House. Wanna AftAefrt earb u ervyeornyeo nteh etyh ecyac afni nfdin, dt,h et he asbiunsgi negv with her for life. She definitely towered over herand his brother Virgil (at left, and Marshal Whitewent on to marry Western menso many that Will Rogers once get married?gangga nggr agvriatavtiteast etos toh et hneo rntohr tehn den wdh werhee rteh etyh egyogo brood. One eyewitness claimed Bowman stood sevenwith shotgun) establish a attempt to disarmsaid that Fred Harvey kept the West in food and wives.in iansato srteo,r reo, br otbh et hteil l toilfl o$f5 0$ 5a0n dan cdo mcommitm oitt hoetrh er feet tall. That seems like an exaggeration to me, so outrages deadline around the jail and outrages like like shooting shooting at ata peaceable a peaceable citizen. citizen.Curly Bill with Ill go with the next tallest observation: she was six Several brave citizens arm themselves andwarn everyone not to cross it. Several brave citizens arm themselves and tragic results.foot six. She was adored by all the soldiers in the come out on on the street totoconfront the out- - TRTEREEIENIGN GAAT OTWOWNN The Earps and others guard the come outthe streetconfront the out Excerpts from the new book, Hellraisers & Trailblazers: The Real Women ofSouthwest for her bravery in the field and for her laws,laws, but but Curly Curly Bill Bill and and his his men men pay pay them them no noHuHnutenrtse rcso ncosindseidr eitraitvai cvtiocrtyo rwy hwehn etnh ethire irTo Tleoa lrena rmn omreo raeb oabuot utht etheunceasing kindness in nursing the sick and wounded.jail all night against lynching. At The Wild West, by Jana Bommersbach and Bob Boze Bellattention.erupts on on bothdodgso gcsh acshea sgea mgaem a ru nru in uptar eter eaen dand23 2g3u gnufingfihgtsh btse hbienhdin tdh et hOe. KO K. attention. Eventually, Eventually, gunfiregunfire erupts bothen dand tuitpa the time of the White shooting, Wounded by a saber slash across her cheek duringBe sure to visit the Phippen Art Museum in Prescott, Arizona, to see oversides with neither side taking any casualties. sursruoruronudn idt.iWt. eWbsetbesrtes rdse dfienfiitnioitnio onfotrfe terienegi ngCorCroarlr pali cpki cukp u Bpo Bbo Bbo Bzeo zBee Bllesl l ssides with neither side taking any casualties.Tombstone has a makeshift the Mexican-American War, she allegedly shot and60 of the paintings and illustrations (including the ones on these pages) from After is: isT: oT bor ibnrgi ntgotboa yb.a yT.o T pou pt u itntion taopao psiotisoitnion After afulla full day day ofofbedevilment, bedevilment, the the cow-boys cow-boys To learn more about the 23ClaCslsaiscs Gicu Gnufingfihgtsh Vtso Vl.o IlI. IIkilled the Mexican soldier who had cut her. The 4ththe new book.wooden jail. 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