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Nellie Cashman, The Story of a Real Life Dime Novel Heroine: Part 1

by | Jan 10, 2019 | True West Blog

Many men and women came west in the 19th century to pan out that dream of getting rich; a few did but most didn’t, but none could match success of a pretty Irish lass from County Cork named Nellie Cashman.  A restless adventurer, Nellie ranged the Old West for more than fifty years prospecting for gold and spreading good cheer wherever she traveled. She made and lost, or gave away, a number of fortun


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