Stagecoach robber Pearl Hart is the most famous of the twenty-nine women who spent time at the Yuma Territorial Prison during the years, 1876-1909, of its existence and her story is oft told. However, there were other lady desperados also worth mentioning. Elena Estrada was a Latina spitfire who epitomize the old saying “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”  She caught her boyfriend in a compro


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