Women on the Frontier – Frontier Traveler

May 1846

June 12, 2009 Frontier Traveler Women on the Frontier

“In the winter of 18 and 46 our neighbor got hold of Fremont’s History of California and began talking of[…]

Elizabeth Custer

November 23, 2008 Frontier Traveler Women on the Frontier

Elizabeth Custer secured her own place in history by the promotion of her husbandâ€™s memory. Married to the man who was the youngest general in American military history, George A. Custer, Libby Custer devoted her life to her husband and to the preservation of his memory and his place in history after his death at The Little Big Horn.

Calamity Jane

October 24, 2008 Frontier Traveler Women on the Frontier

Martha Jane Canary (1848-1903) was born in Princeton, Missouri. This hard drinking woman wore men’s clothing, used their bawdy language, chewed tobacco and was handy with a gun.