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Stagecoach Mary: The Legend Who Delivered More Than Mail

by Chip Schweiger November 4, 2025

Stagecoach Mary Fields wasn’t your typical Western legend. As the first African American woman mail carrier, she braved Montana’s wild frontier with grit and kindness, earning respect and a place in history as one of the West’s most remarkable trailblazers.

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