Pearl Hart: the making of a Legend
Pearl Hart was probably Yuma Territorial Prison’s most famous inmate. She also seems to an early example of celebrity culture – gaining international fame and coverage for being a lady stage coach robber.
Hart’s usual appearance likedly added to her notoriety: she had short hair and wore men’s clothes.
Her fame places her in elite company along with Belle Star, Annie Oakley, and Calamity Jane, as being among the most famous ladies in the Old West.
A very brief bio:
Old West Legends: Pearl Hart – Lady Bandit of Arizona: http://legendsofamerica.com/we-pearlhart.html
Born as Pearl Taylor of French descent in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, this petite and attractive young girl would grow up to become one of the only female stagecoach robbers in the American West. After marrying a seductive gambler when she was just 17, the pair attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in…
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Becoming Pearl 