Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1882 — The First Woman in Leadville. [ARTICLE]

The First Woman in Leadville.

Mrs. Sarah Ray, a washerwoman of Leadville, who lias made a fortune of $1,000,000, has had an eventful life. She was the first white woman who ever dared to set foot in Leadville, and as such helped found the city. She dug in the mines, scoured the plains as a scout, and, last but not least, took in washing from the Leadville miners, and to-day has a snug little fortune that pays her an income of $30,000 a year. She is now a woman of about 50, weighing sonle 140 pounds, and is rugged and spry. She has a daughter that she is educating in the East who is a handsome and lady-like girl of 18.