Stagecoach Senorita

She wasn’t a desperado, but Pearl Hart was desperate when she ambushed her way into the history books in 1899—the only known female stagecoach robber pulling off one of the last stage heists in America. They labeled her the “Lady Bandit,” clearly implying she was a pro, even though this was her first arrest. But her story resonated with a country that lusted—then as now—on the naughty. When history looks at her today, she’s a great example of how overblown tales from the West c