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Photographer: Courtesy Pueblo City-County Library District
Caption: Marker detail: Marion Sloan Russell
Additional Description: EyewitnessIt was unusual for women to travel the trail. The hardships of disease, stampedes, fires, Indian attacks, storms, and drought made the trip unappealing to most women. But one woman who loved the adventure was Marian Sloan Russell. Born in Illinois in 1845, she made five round trips. She married an officer stationed at Fort Union and later in life wrote a memoir, Land of Enchantment, filled with fond memories of travel on the trail. She died at the age of 92.
Submitted: September 29, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p540866
File Size: 0.252 Megabytes

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