Saturday 12 February 2011

Women of the wild West

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12. Rose Dunn

In a family of outlaws, it was only a matter of time before "The Rose
of Cimarron" was working in the business, too. Dunn met Doolin Gang
member George Newcomb and joined him as he and his crew robbed
stagecoaches and banks. During a particularly nasty gunfight, Dunn
risked her life to supply Newcomb with a gun and bullets and helped him
escape after he was wounded in battle. Dunn died around 1950 in her
mid-seventies, a respectable citizen married to a local politician.

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