If the Colorado River is the “American Nile,” as some fanciful writers have called it, was there a Cleopatra along its banks? More than one woman could claim this title because no less than a half dozen early heroines left their marks on the history of this meandering body of water. Each of them braved many hardships, as did the American Indian women who came before them. Little is


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