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A Woman to Know: Ellen Watson

A Woman to Know: Ellen Watson

Other women looked down on her in those days, but no matter what she was or did she had a big heart. — Harry Ward

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Nov 05, 2019
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Other women looked down on her in those days, but no matter what she was or did she had a big heart. — Harry Ward

(image via Casper History Center)

They called her “Cattle Kate” or “Cowboy Kate,” and tales of her outlaw exploits remain part of Wild West legend. But historians now speculate that Kate, actually named Ellen Watson, probably engaged in very l…

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