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1832 is when Mary Fields was born

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Mary Fields, Black Mary, and 'Stagecoach Mary' are all the same person. Mary was born in 1832 as a slave and got her nickname at the turn of the 20th Century. She earned this nickname by working for "Wells Fargo" delivering the United States Mail through adverse conditions that would have discouraged the most hardened frontiersmen of her time. All by herself, she never missed a day for 8 years, carrying the U. S. Mail and other important documents that helped settle the wild open territory of central west Montana.

Mary had no fear of man, nor beast, and this sometimes got her into trouble. She delivered the mail regardless of the heat of the day, cold of night, wind, rain, sleet, snow, blizzards, Indians and Outlaws.

Mary was a cigar smoking, shotgun and pistol toting Negro Women, who even frequented saloons drinking whiskey with the men, a privilege only given to her, as a woman. However, not even this fact, sealed Mary's credentials given to her, her credentials boasted that, "She would knockout any man with one punch", a clam which she proved true.

Despite Mary's hardness, she had another side of her, a kindness so strong, even today, in the beginning of the 21st Century, the town of Cascade, Montana, and other surrounding communities celebrate her birthday. The Epic movie pre-production mode. Check out website at http://www.stagecoachmary.net

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Stagecoach Mary Fields was the first female African American mail carrier. Prior to that she had been a slave, a teacher, a freight hauler, a laundress, a farmer, a repair woman, a forewoman, and a restaurateur.

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From: Alpha Wolf Productions, Inc.Mary Fields, Black Mary, and 'Stagecoach Mary' are all the same person. Mary was born in 1832 as a slave and got her nickname at the turn of the 20th Century. She earned this nickname by working for "Wells Fargo" delivering the United States Mail through adverse conditions that would have discouraged the most hardened frontiersmen of her time. All by herself, she never missed a day for 8 years, carrying the U. S. Mail and other important documents that helped settle the wild open territory of central west Montana.Mary had no fear of man, nor beast, and this sometimes got her into trouble. She delivered the mail regardless of the heat of the day, cold of night, wind, rain, sleet, snow, blizzards, Indians and Outlaws.Mary was a cigar smoking, shotgun and pistol toting Negro Women, who even frequented saloons drinking whiskey with the men, a privilege only given to her, as a woman. However, not even this fact, sealed Mary's credentials given to her, her credentials boasted that, "She would knockout any man with one punch", a clam which she proved true.Despite Mary's hardness, she had another side of her, a kindness so strong, even today, in the beginning of the 21st Century, the town of Cascade, Montana, and other surrounding communities celebrate her birthday. The Epic movie pre-production mode. Check out website at http:/www.stagecoachmary.net


Were stagecoach horses taught not to stop unless they heard a code word?

Yes there was a special type of horse's that were called moneycarriers.They were the only ones that were taught in this way all other stagecoach horse's were just regular horse's.They were used to transport gold or anything of value. They were taught a code word that was the only way to get them to stop. There was no way to get them to stop other then shooting them.They would keep going no matter of who was in front of them.


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