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Call Her Amanda
A Nell Trustmon Short Story
Taken from her magazine Broken Tree Tales
Nell retells the story of red-haired “Amanda” who may have been the first woman in the mining boomtown of Bonanza, Idaho. In the story, a poker player wagers his wife (“Amanda”) against his previous losses, but the gambler loses.
“Amanda” is won by a miner, but another steals her away. She escapes and seeks refuge with a third miner. Three miners each pointing their guns at each other!
While the story has humor, the real woman “Amanda” died in 1908 in the infirmary on the Challis County Poor Farm. She was not yet 50.
Not yet 50. Used up and discarded like many of the old boom towns themselves.
