[43] (In the 1920 census, Sadie reported to the census taker that her family was from Hamburg, Germany, bordering Prussia. The information in the letter is compelling because at the time it was written in the 1940s, the relationship between Wyatt Earp and Josephine Marcus while living in Tombstone was virtually unknown. It is in large part due to Josephine's efforts to build and burnish the reputation of her common-law spouse that he has been depicted in books and movies as a champion of justice . Earp goes home to a wife addicted to a laudanum, a common drug of the time mixing morphine and opium. [18] Behan claimed their daughter Henrietta wasn't his, and a request for support for Henrietta was stricken from the divorce petition. [112] On July 7, 1957, grave-robbers dug into the Earp's grave in an apparent attempt to steal the urn containing his ashes, but unable to find them, stole the 300 pounds (140kg) grave stone. This family lived only a few blocks from where Josephine lived with her family. I finally finished reading this book about the life and times of Wyatt Earp. Her father Henrys earnings as a baker fell. Blaylocks teenage years featured community picnics and barn dances that she and her sisters enjoyed. When her father had difficulty finding work, the family moved in with her older sister and brother-in-law in a working-class tenement. [12] Waters' work was later found to be critically flawed, "based upon prevarications, character assassinations, and the psychological battleground that was the brilliant, narcissistic mind of its author. In her memoirs she wrote, "the younger children (niece and nephew), and our friends were told that I had gone away for a visit. [79] Between 1887 and around 1896 he bought four saloons and gambling halls, one on Fourth Street and two near Sixth and E, all in the "respectable" part of town. Behan moved for a time to the northwest Arizona Territory, where he served as the Mohave County Recorder in 1877. [71]:117 Other researchers and writers aren't even sure she was in town that day. [3][1][4][5] Sophie was a widow with a 3-year-old daughter, Rebecca Levy, when she married Marcuse, who was eight years younger than she. She was the third of six children born to parents Henry and Elizabeth Blaylock. [11], Some modern writers believe that Wyatt Earp moved in with Josephine after she kicked Behan out. "[21] After Wyatt's death, Josephine told her friends and family to stop calling her Sadie, Wyatt's name for her, and insisted they call her Josie. However, court records indicate that she continued to call herself by her childhood nickname of "Celie", which was often phonetically spelled by court clerks as "Sally"; no court records have been found throughout her life using the name "Mattie". [111] She received some royalties from the movie and one-half of the royalties earned by Stuart Lake's book about her husband. Wyatt Earp enthusiasts have made the gravesite the most visited in that Jewish cemetery and once even stole the tombstone. Wyatt's common-law wife Mattie (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) is addicted to laudanum and his attention is caught by Josephine Marcus (Dana Delany), a traveling actor. The Tragic Story Of Henry Duke Of Cornwall, Henry VIII's Son Who Died At Just Seven Weeks Old, 32 Disturbing Photos Of Life Inside Soviet Gulag Prisons, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. While there, Wyatt stayed with prominent businessman Henry N. Jaffa, who was also president of New Albuquerques Board of Trade. The Markham troupe is documented as leaving San Francisco on board the Southern Pacific Railroad, not a ship nor a stagecoach, in October 1879 for Casa Grande, Arizona, the end of the line. The recent Wild West auction in Harrisburg, Pa., included a trunk owned by Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock, Wyatt Earp's second wife. [2], By 1870, San Francisco was riding on the coattails of the still-expanding economic boom caused by the mining of silver from the Comstock Lode. [26]:52 In March 1882, Sadie sent a postal money order to her mother, Mrs. H. Marcus, in San Francisco. It is possible she overdosed by accident and died of respiratory depression. Prominent men were however expected to be discreet. Heartbroken and addicted, Blaylock tried her best to prevail. They rented a cabin from Rex Beach for $100 a month and spent the winter of 18981899 there. [34] Many madams and prostitutes had more control of their lives and greater independence than "respectable" women, who often ostracized them. [120], The book has become an example of how supposedly factual works can trip up researchers, historians, and librarians. "[2] She apparently resented treatment by her teachers in the San Francisco schools, describing them as "inconsistent of a tolerant and gay populous acting as merciless and self-righteous as a New England village in bringing up its children." Wyatt's commonlaw wife, Matty Blalock, became addicted to opium in . On June 14, 1900, Wyatt and Josephine were bound for Nome, Alaska. Her occupation was "Courtesan". In the summer they retreated to Los Angeles, where Wyatt struck up relationships with some of the early cowboy actors, including William S. Hart and Tom Mix. [32] At the time, her parents, her sister Henrietta, and her brother Nathan were all living in a lower-class neighborhood south of Market Street in San Francisco with their daughter, her husband, their four children, and a boarder. Sarah returned home to Iowa less than a year later. [106] During an investigation of the boxing match by a panel appointed by San Francisco Mayor Washington Bartlett, they learned Josephine Earp was a "degenerate horseplayer" and that she frequently took loans out against her jewelry. [4] In the 1880 United States Census of Tombstone, Blaylock is listed as Wyatt's wife though there is no record of a legal marriage. Corral in Tombstone, a man becomes a myth in this thrilling journey of romance, adventure, and desperate heroic action. Celia may have sought work as a seamstress or something of the like as she was skilled in the trade. Her poor lifestyle would see her age out of favor, while her laudanum addiction saw her die of suicide by opium poisoning on July 3, 1888. She lived on the family farm, had local friends & activities. . She approached several publishers for the book, but backed out several times due to their insistence that she be completely open and forthcoming, rather than slanting her memories to her favor. The earlier stone is on display in the Colma Historical museum.[112][115]. Back then, Nome-bound steamships mostly transited through . With his more violent years behind. She often appeared on stage and in publicity photos wearing a corset and pink tights: shocking attire for the 1870s. And even after marrying James in 1873, Bessie continued working as a "sporting girl" in Kansas. Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. Blaylock was said to have suffered from headaches, and while in Tombstone, Arizona, she became addicted to laudanum, a then-common opiate and pain killer. With no intentions to waste time and wait to be married off, Blaylock took destiny into her own hands and ran off then met a man named Wyatt Earp. [43], Josephine's life after Tombstone and with Wyatt Earp is not well known, although it isn't as obscured by stories of her life in Tombstone that she told to hide facts. [2] He began campaigning and the Prescott Miner reported on October 6, 1874, that "J.H. Eventually, she ended up in Dodge City, Kansas. Charlie Welsh, Grace Spolidora's father, was a good friend of Earp's. Garner and I discuss Wyatt Earp's life as a sporting man and his involvement in horse racing and boxing. Cinergi Pictures EntertainmentMattie Blaylock (left) and Wyatt Earp (center) as portrayed by Dana Wheeler Nicholson and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993). Her death was ruled a suicide. They likely headed west to one of the growing towns along the Kansas-Iowa-Missouri border area. "[2][26]:46 If as Josephine stated she traveled with Markham's troupe from San Francisco in December 1879, there are no contemporary accounts of the trip being interrupted by Indians. [26], Josephine began using the name Sadie after she arrived in Arizona. Wyatt sent Mattie along with the others while he and Warren stayed to begin the Earp Vendetta Ride. [26]:52, In early 1883, Josephineor Sadie as Wyatt called herand Wyatt left San Francisco for Gunnison, Colorado, where Earp ran a Faro bank until he received a request in April for assistance from Luke Short in Dodge City. This podcast is dedicated to Nick's wife, Linda. She described the harsh discipline meted out, including the "sting of rattan" and "being slapped for tardiness". The Cochise County Cowboys were initially a mere nuisance, but killed marshal Fred White on Oct. 28, 1880 and would spark the gunfight at the O.K. [2] Upon their arrival, her father found a highly stratified Jewish community. In the gunfight, Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp joined Doc Holliday to . [43], Sadie, traveling as either Mrs. J. C. Earp or Mrs. Wyatt Earp, left Tombstone for her family in San Francisco via Los Angeles on March 24, 1882. Mattie waited for Wyatts telegraph that she should return to Tombstone, but it never arrived. Knowledge of her place in Wyatt's life was concealed by Josephine Earp, his later common-law wife, who worked ceaselessly to protect her and Wyatt's reputation in their later years. When he delayed, she was ready to leave him. "[26]:43 From Yuma, the troupe took a stagecoach to Tucson, not Prescott. She said Weiner used a connection he had in Prescott to help Josephine get home. Josephine Earp's story was shrouded in mystery throughout her life, but modern historians posit that she lied about her early years in an effort to conceal her unsavory past. Some critics described the book as a fraud and a hoax, and the University of Arizona withdrew the book from its catalog. "[18]:79 Victoria cited liaisons with several woman, but specifically mentioned a "Sadie or Sada Mansfield", a 14-year-old "woman of prostitution and ill-fame" as co-respondent in the divorce action. Corral, which may have contributed to their animosity. Childhood & Early Life. [70] He held onto his San Diego properties but their value fell, but he could not pay the taxes and was forced to sell the lots. "[26] Prostitution wasn't illegal in the territory as long as the women paid their licensing fees. [26]:52 Following Wyatt's return to San Francisco, Josephine began using the name of "Josephine Earp". After a time however I very much improved in health so that within two years after my experience I was once more a normal healthy girl." Who was at Wyatt Earp's funeral? A second stone of flat granite was also stolen. After learning about Mattie Blaylock, read about Wyatt Earps other wife Josephine Earp. She hoped to return to the days of bustling mining town prostitution, but the boom had passed, and Blaylock withered. Wyatt and Mattie did not arrive in Tucson by train and did not meet Virgil, Morgan and their wives there. Corral, but Virgil Earp, In the last half of the 1800s, the bustling port town of San Francisco, which grew out of, If you are a fan of the Paramount+ series Yellowstone (and who isnt? On July 3, 1888, Blaylock took a lethal dose of laudanum and alcohol. "You're not a smart gambler. [17] She was also in need of money, and tried to sell a collection of books to Lake while he was writing the book. Retrieved on June 20, 2011. They arrived while the city was recovering from the disastrous earthquake of October 21, 1868. He also told Baldwin to stop lending money to Josephine, but she continued to gamble anyway. Earp's anger at Holliday's ethnic slur may indicate that his feelings for Josephine was more serious at the time than is commonly known. After Wyatt Earp's death, Josephine insisted on being called Josie or Josephine. [73]:38, After the Earp Vendetta Ride ended in April 1882, Wyatt left Arizona for Colorado. Earp moved to Wichita, Kansas, and worked as a shotgun guard for Wells Fargo. [55] The paper also reported on April 9, 1875, that a letter was waiting for her in the post office. Wyatt, Virgil, and James Earp with their wives arrived in Tombstone on December 1, 1879. E.C. The facts about Josephine Earp and her relationship to Wyatt were relatively unknown until amateur Earp historian Glenn Boyer published the book I Married Wyatt Earp. Kate was a prostitute and Holliday a gambler. (It's now a ghost town in Shoshone County). [92][93] Although gambling was illegal, the police were paid by John Considine, owner of the three largest gambling concessions, to look the other way. It is difficult to say exactly who Mattie Blaylock Earp was, given the complicated nature of the lack of documentation pertaining to her life. [119] In 2000, the University responded to criticism of the university and the book and removed it from their catalog. [44] She said that Sieber and his scouts led her stagecoach and its passengers to a nearby adobe ranch house. With Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews. [45], Behan married 17-year-old Victoria Zaff in March 1869 in San Francisco, her step-father's home town. [32] Sadie was an attractive woman, with thick, dark hair, vivid black eyes, and was well-endowed. It was immensely popular for many years, becoming the university's fourth all-time best selling book with over 35,000 copies sold. Josephine left Behan in 1881, before the Gunfight at the O.K. [4] The six friends traveled to Prescott, Arizona. According to many who knew them, their relationship was often stormy. It was apparently not his first run-in with the law. There they met Virgil and Allie. [85], On August 5, 1897, Earp and Josie once again joined in a mining boom and left Yuma, Arizona for San Francisco. [118], Beginning in about 1994, critics began to challenge the accuracy of the book, and eventually many parts of the book were refuted as fictional. [6] They traveled via ship to Panama, went over the Isthmus of Panama, and caught a steamship to San Francisco. The divorce also cited Behan's threats of violence and unrelenting verbal abuse. He struggled to make a living in New York City and read about the growing city of San Francisco. Grace was upset that Josephine didn't attend. Wyatt Earp was one of the many children born to Nicholas Porter Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Pace University and a master's degree from New York University. That's why Mattie started taking laudanum for her headaches, which was a 19th century cure-all for everything, from colic to menstrual cramps. [28] When Stuart Lake was researching his book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal he heard stories about Sadie's personal history. [64]:p235 Author Stuart Lake wrote in a letter that "Johnny Behan's girl" was the key to the whole yarn of Tombstone. Corral shootout and the Earp Vendetta Ride. Three days later, Sieber and Sgt. Wyatt took a job managing a horse stable in Santa Rosa. And you have no business risking money that way. Legend states she never heard from Wyatt again. Pinafore more than a dozen times from December 24, 1879 through February 20, 1880. After a week in Tombstone, the Markham troupe finished their engagement and headed north to Prescott. "[2] She added, "The fear and the excitement, the weeks of exhausting travel, chagrin over my own foolishness, all together proved too much for my strength. Later that year, Josephine's half-sister Rebecca Levy married Aaron Wiener,[7] an insurance salesman born in Prussia, as her parents were. In their later years Josephine worked hard to eliminate any mention that she had been Johnny Behan's mistress or of Wyatt's previous common law marriage to the prostitute Mattie Blaylock. The symptoms of St. Vitus Dance and meningitis are somewhat different, but both can be contracted from the same strain of bacteria through saliva. They planned to head for Alaska to join in the Alaska Gold Rush, but their departure was delayed for three weeks when Wyatt fell while getting off Market Street streetcar and bruised his hip. In 1939 Josephine sued 20th Century Fox for $50,000 in an attempt to keep them from making the film titled Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. Otero wrote in his letter, "Holiday said something about Earp becoming 'a damn Jew-boy.' Wyatt, Wyatt's wife Mattie, his brother James, James's wife Bessie, James's 16-year-old step-daughter, and Doc traveled by wagon train from Dodge City to Prescott, picking up Big Nose Kate on the way. "United States Census, San Francisco, California", "San Francisco Morning Call Newspaper Vital Statistics", "I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp", "Voting Ward Maps, 1852, 1860, 1870, 1880", "The Jewish First Lady at Legendary Lawmaker Wyatt Earp's O.K. Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp (1860 - December 19, 1944) was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a famed Old West lawman and gambler. [1] Sarah returned home less than a year later, chagrined and shamed by her experience. The first known record of Mattie's presence is a picture taken in Fort Scott in 1871. May 9, 2014. While in Los Angeles, Wyatt and Josephine became friends with many celebrities, including Cecil B. DeMille and Gary Cooper. The rest struggled to get by or gambled their fortunes away while destitute women like Blaylock relied on prostitution and cowboys terrorized towns. [8] She had been using laudanum and alcohol to excess for some time. In June 1881, Sadie sent a postal money order to her mother using the name Josephine Behan,[43] and Wyatt Earp was still living with his common-law wife Mattie Blaylock. Raised by devout parents on Iowa farmland, she yearned for freedom and a life of adventure. The two fought side by side in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881's famous gunfight at the O.K. Allegedly a runaway, she's said to have left . Green. Josie had two miscarriages during her life and was apparently unable to have children. [1] Henry moved the family to San Francisco in 1868 when Josephine was 7. Apartment buildings were crowded and large homes were converted into rooming houses. He reneged but persuaded her to stay. He lived about two blocks from the family, so he likely already knew the family. She attributed the highly exaggerated stories about Wyatt Earp to Josephine. [95] In February 1902, they arrived in Tonopah, Nevada, known as the "Queen of the Silver Camps," where silver and gold had been discovered in 1900 and a boom was under way. [60] Later in life, Josephine was not a practicing Jew and did not seem to care whether her partners were Jewish. Who Killed Johnny Ringo? She and her sister-in-law Alma were concerned about the care Josie gave Wyatt. Josephine Sarah "Sadie" Earp (ne Marcus; 1861 December 19, 1944)[1] was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, a famed Old West lawman and gambler. There is no legal record of a marriage between the two. His elder brothers joined the Union Army when the American Civil War began, while Wyatt, 13 years old, and his younger brothers took care of the farm. They recorded events in her life but found Josephine was evasive about her early life in Tombstone. [43], In early 1881, Josephine returned to Tombstone after a trip to San Francisco. She likely enjoyed the social life and independence that accompanied her role. He continued to race horses, but by 1896 he could no longer afford to own horses, but raced them on behalf of the owner of a horse stable in Santa Rosa that he managed for her.[82]. [26]:53 Josephine and Wyatt traveled through various western states hunting for gold and silver mining they could invest in. Celia Ann Mattie Blaylock was involved with Wyatt Earp after the death of his first wife, and is often termed as Wyatts common law wife. [109]:259, Grace Welsh Spolidora, Welsh's daughter, spent a lot of time with the Earps. After Earp left Tombstone and Blaylock, she waited in Colton, California to hear from him, but he never contacted her. The Weekly Journal-Miner reported in October 1879 that Behan was planning on opening a business in the silver mining boom town of Tip Top in central Arizona. Both made a stagecoach journey from San Francisco to Prescott, Arizona Territory; both traveled with a black woman named Julia; both were sexual partners with Behan; both were 19 years old, born in New York City, and had parents from Germany. Born in Wisconsin in 1850, Mattie was raised in Fairfax, Iowa until she ran away from home at the age of 16. They had an estimated $80,000, a relative fortune (equivalent to about $2,610,000 today). [2][32] Some modern researchers question the likelihood that her father, a Reform Jew, would approve his daughter's union with Behan, a man 14 years older than his daughter, an unemployed office-seeker, Gentile, and divorced father. For Josephine Earp, the pen was mightier than the sordid. [9] The coroner's report of her death was brief. She said that she had believed Behan was planning to marry her, but he kept putting it off, and she grew disillusioned. For the fictional character, see. Wyatt Earp took up with the beautiful, young Sadie, even as his drug-addicted wife, Mattie, lay in bed with crippling headaches. She became addicted to laudanum. Bourke. In 2009, the Tonto National Forest, in conjunction with local citizens and preservation organizations, began preserving the historic cemetery, interpreting the history, and updating grave markers. Mrs. Virgil Earp. On Oct. 26, the Earps were ambushed by the cowboys in broad daylight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer heard testimony from a large number of witnesses. The only way Otero could write about these things was if he had a personal relationship with some of the individuals involved. 48 snapshots of life in the real Wild West. But the collision of Jewish and cowboy cultures that epitomized their union goes on. [5]:65 It is not known exactly when Earp and Blaylock ended their relationship. [66], After the Gunfight at the O.K. "[8], During 1874, when Josephine was 13, production of gold and silver from the Comstock Lode had fed a feverish stock market, leading to a great deal of speculation. She went to San Francisco in March 1882 and was joined that fall by Wyatt, with whom she remained as his life companion for 46 years until his death. After her death, historians have conflicting views of how Earp spent his time. In the midst of all this conflict, Wyatt is dealing with the fact that his wife, Mattie, has become addicted to Laudanum, a mixture of opium and morphine. Mattie was considered Earps common-law wife and in the 1880 census, the 30-year-old was listed as Mattie Earp, wife of Wyatt Earp. If Josephine, as she said, left San Francisco at age 18, it's unclear why she would still be attending school upon her return two years later. The book I Married Wyatt Earp (1967), based on a manuscript allegedly written in part by her, describes events she witnessed in Arizona that occurred before 1879, the year she claimed at other times to have first arrived in Tombstone. [17] Although the biography became a bestseller, it was later strongly criticized for fictionalizing Earp's life and was found to be markedly inaccurate. The Lewis family was Jewish, and came from the Posen region in Prussia, current-day Poland, around 1850. [75] At Santa Rosa, Earp personally competed in and won a harness race. [26]:11 In November 1874, a woman named Sadie Mansfield took a stagecoach from San Francisco to Prescott along with several prostitutes working for Madame Hattie Wells. [2] Earp was appointed assistant marshal in Dodge City under Marshal Lawrence Deger around May 1876. Finding Behan in bed with the wife of a friend of theirs, she kicked him out. The Tombstone Epitaph reported on November 11, 1881 that "S. Mansfield" from San Francisco had passed Colton, California (where Wyatt Earp's parents lived) en route to Arizona, a few days before Wyatt's testimony at the Spicer hearing. Perhaps she became addicted to the substances and no longer knew her limits. Previous Post: Is Indecent Proposal On Netflix? Considine tried to keep Earp from succeeding, and arranged for his establishment to be raided. Written by Kevin Jarre, it is loosely based on the records of the O.K. David B. Mattie Blaylocks grave at the Pinal City Cemetery in Superior, Arizona. Byways & Historic Trails Great Drives in America, Soldiers and Officers in American History, Easy Travel Organization Tips You Will Love, Bidwell-Bartleson Party Blazing the California Trail. But Josephine said that her parents hid her activities, and they may have been covering for her when the census taker appeared on their doorstep. [42]:p275-198[77], After the Coeur d'Alene mining venture died out, Earp and Josie briefly went to El Paso, Texas before moving in 1887 to San Diego where the railroad was about to arrive and a real estate boom was underway. 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Josephine is quoted in I Married Wyatt Earp as saying that on October 26, 1881, the day of the shootout at the O.K. In 1998, reporters and scholars found that Boyer could not document many of the facts he wrote about Josephine's time in Tombstone. [26]:46 Neighbors in Prescott witnessed Behan visiting the "house of ill fame" on Granite Street on several occasions during December 1874. Wyatt Earp is a unique breedfor more reasons than oneamong the famed gunslingers and infamous outlaws who shot their way across the Wild West horizon. Also coming to Tombstone is Wyatt's good friend, Doc Holliday. Shortly afterwards, Wyatt Earp began his famous "Revenge Ride" to rid the Territory of outlaws. "[32] Honkytonk bars in that era often had a reputation as places for prostitution[33] and his choice of language ("three hundred or so of her kind") may have referred to Josephine's work as a prostitute. In 1879 the Pauline Markham Theater Company came to town, and Josephine slipped away with the troupe. Corral gunfight, which took out three of the Cochise County Cowboys. At this point, Mattie's profession was listed as keeping house. It was located for sale in a flea market. [6] Henry Marcus initially made enough money to send Josephine and her sister Hattie to music and dance classes at McCarty's Dancing Academy, a family-owned business on Eddy St. that taught both children and adults. Blaylock and her sister Sarah, meanwhile, rejected their prospective suitors and soon hatched a plan to escape and see the world. [2], Sadie Mansfield left Gillete, near Tip Top, and arrived in Phoenix on February 13, 1880. She enjoyed some brief success as a juvenile actress on the San Francisco stage during the 1870s. It is unlikely that he was a "wealthy German merchant" as she described him. [107] The San Francisco Examiner ran a series of stories over three days describing Earp's life in exaggerated detail that ridiculed him. [31], Other researchers have questioned what she did prior to 1883. Corral. She wanted him to look like a church-going saint and blow things up. [99] Wyatt had some modest success with the gold mines[100] and they lived on the slim proceeds of income from that and investments in Oakland and Kern County oil field. Celia Ann "Mattie" Blaylock (January 1850 July 3, 1888) was a prostitute who became the romantic companion and common-law wife of Old West lawman and gambler Wyatt Earp for about six years. 1880; Tip Top, Yavapai, Arizona Territory; roll 37, page 413A,, enumeration district 22. [26] He was furious about her gambling habit, during which she lost considerable sums of money. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born on March 19, 1848, the fourth child of Nicholas Porter Earp and his second wife, Virginia Ann Cooksey. He met another woman, Josephine Sadie Marcus, around 1882 and spent the rest of his life with her. Wyatt Earp wasn't always on the right side of the law. On June 1 or 2, 1880, William V. Carroll, the census enumerator for the 9th ward in San Francisco, visited the Marcus home. C. S. Fly/Wikimedia Commons A portrait of Wyatt Earp's wife, Josephine Earp, in 1881, the year they met. [34], Josephine's life on the frontier and possibly as a prostitute allowed her greater independence. [44][52][53] The area in which Behan campaigned was also near Cave Creek, where Al Sieber was looking for Indians.

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