Laura Bell McDaniel

Pioneer Profiles: Thunder and Buttons

DeLyn Winters, Nonfiction, Writings, Writings / By DeLyn Winters

It would be remiss of me not to include animals in the Pioneer Profiles series, since they were, at times, just as pioneering as humans were. A perfect example of such animals are Thunder and Buttons, two elk that lived a crazier life as a trained team than they ever would have if left in […]

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Pioneer Profiles: Laura Bell McDaniel

Biography, DeLyn Winters / By DeLyn Winters

Laura Bell McDaniel, known as the “Queen of the Colorado City Tenderloin,” was a pioneer not just because she was an early resident of Colorado City, but because, as the city’s premier madam, she was an anomaly among the soiled doves. She used her given name, she kept in close contact with her family, and

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Pioneer Profiles: Thunder and Buttons

Pioneer Profiles: Laura Bell McDaniel

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