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Southwest Woman: Continuing the Saga of Helen Stewart, "The First Lady of Las Vegas" - Part Two
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Saturday, April 24, 2010. Continuing the Saga of Helen Stewart, "The First Lady of Las Vegas" - Part Two. Dare to do right,. Dare to be true,. Dare to do good. Everything will come right for you.". The Stewart’s trek in 1882 took nearly a week. Shortly after arriving at the ranch Helen gave birth to her second daughter, Evaline La Vega, named after the place of her birth. In 1889 word began to circulate that there were plans to build a railroad in the Las Vegas Valley. Helen began to buy land –...The fir...
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Southwest Woman: April 2010
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Saturday, April 24, 2010. Continuing the Saga of Helen Stewart, "The First Lady of Las Vegas" - Part Two. Dare to do right,. Dare to be true,. Dare to do good. Everything will come right for you.". The Stewart’s trek in 1882 took nearly a week. Shortly after arriving at the ranch Helen gave birth to her second daughter, Evaline La Vega, named after the place of her birth. In 1889 word began to circulate that there were plans to build a railroad in the Las Vegas Valley. Helen began to buy land –...The fir...
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Southwest Woman: July 2010
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Friday, July 23, 2010. In Search of a World Where She Could Be at Home: Mabel Ganson Evans Dodge Stern Luhan - Part Two. The more I read about the Southwest Woman in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s the more I realize that women of that time had a lot more freedom than even today’s woman. They were freer because they didn’t need to prove to themselves and the world that they could do it all. They just did it! Mabel set about to create a “true” art colony in Taos. She wanted it to ...One of the mo...
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Southwest Woman: Southwest Woman - Part One
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Southwest Woman - Part One. There are many women who were instrumental in helping to develop the Southwest. And there have been many women who have chosen to make the Southwest their home. The interesting part of this is that these women seem to have lived very productive and interesting lives, along with living to a ripe old age. Because of the beauty and the mystical nature of the area. Of course those of you reading this will probably think “What, Las Vegas? Http:/ www.wed...
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Southwest Woman: May 2010
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010. In Search of a World Where She Could Be at Home: Mabel Ganson Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan - Part One. I first came across the name of Mabel Dodge Luhan while reading the very excellent autobiography “Of Time and Change” by Frank Waters. In his book Waters spoke fondly of his very good friend Mabel Luhan and spent several chapters writing about her, her Taos home, and her friends. During the early years of her marriage the couple, with her young son, lived in Florence, Italy where she ...
