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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

by | Jul 22, 2016 | True West Blog

She was born Margaret Tobin in Hannibal, Missouri, the daughter of Irish immigrants. A restless, strong-willed adventuresome lass, the pretty red-head went to Leadville, Colorado where she met and married a miner named John James Brown. The great Silver Panic of 1893 broke many but she and J.J. found a wide vein of pure gold in their "Little Jonny" mine. They left Leadville and moved to Denver's Capitol H


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