"Mollie was born in a good log house at O'Fallound's Bluff, near Ft. Heath, Nebraska, in 1865."This brief account of Mary Alice Brown's birth is from a fascinating autobiography written by her mother, Hester Ann Rogers
Brown. Mary Alice (Mollie) spent the first years of her life on the frontier. At the time she was born her parents, Mahlon H. and Hester Brown were managing the stage
station at O'Fallounds Bluff for Wells Fargo Express Company. In 1866 Mollie moved with her parents to North Platte, Nebraska. There was no regular stage station, but Mrs. Brown fed stage passengers at their ranch. Mary Alice started to school in North Platte. In 1871 he sold the cattle and the family moved to Omaha. There they leased the Metropolitan Hotel for the next five years. By 1876, Mr. Brown was again looking for a new frontier. He left the family and headed for the Black Hills of Dakota. In 1877 Mr. Brown returned to bring his family to Deadwood. Mollie came to the Black Hills with her family in a covered wagon in the fall of 1877. He built a new home for the family as well as many other homes in early
Deadwood. The family lived there for about five years, and then in 1882, moved to Lead. Mary Alice attended schools in Deadwood and Lead, and then returned to Omaha to
attend a girls' school, Brownell Hall. On May 25, 1890, she was married to W.H. Fawcett, in Lead, South Dakota. "Billy" Fawcett had served two terms as Postmaster in Lead, and was now part owner of the Fawcett-Delehant
Grocery. The family lived on Bleeker Street in Lead, where two children were born, Frank in 1891, and Fanny in 1893.
In 1900 the Fawcett family moved to the ranch on Stockade Beaver Creek in Weston County, Wyoming, which Mr. Fawcett had acquired in 1883. They lived there in a comfortable log cabin until 1904 when a large Victorian "bungalow" was built at a cost of $1200.00. Mary Alice Fawcett died on April 28, 1943, and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in
Newcastle.
"Weston County History, First Hundred Years"
Brown. Mary Alice (Mollie) spent the first years of her life on the frontier. At the time she was born her parents, Mahlon H. and Hester Brown were managing the stage
station at O'Fallounds Bluff for Wells Fargo Express Company. In 1866 Mollie moved with her parents to North Platte, Nebraska. There was no regular stage station, but Mrs. Brown fed stage passengers at their ranch. Mary Alice started to school in North Platte. In 1871 he sold the cattle and the family moved to Omaha. There they leased the Metropolitan Hotel for the next five years. By 1876, Mr. Brown was again looking for a new frontier. He left the family and headed for the Black Hills of Dakota. In 1877 Mr. Brown returned to bring his family to Deadwood. Mollie came to the Black Hills with her family in a covered wagon in the fall of 1877. He built a new home for the family as well as many other homes in early
Deadwood. The family lived there for about five years, and then in 1882, moved to Lead. Mary Alice attended schools in Deadwood and Lead, and then returned to Omaha to
attend a girls' school, Brownell Hall. On May 25, 1890, she was married to W.H. Fawcett, in Lead, South Dakota. "Billy" Fawcett had served two terms as Postmaster in Lead, and was now part owner of the Fawcett-Delehant
Grocery. The family lived on Bleeker Street in Lead, where two children were born, Frank in 1891, and Fanny in 1893.
In 1900 the Fawcett family moved to the ranch on Stockade Beaver Creek in Weston County, Wyoming, which Mr. Fawcett had acquired in 1883. They lived there in a comfortable log cabin until 1904 when a large Victorian "bungalow" was built at a cost of $1200.00. Mary Alice Fawcett died on April 28, 1943, and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in
Newcastle.
"Weston County History, First Hundred Years"
"Mollie was born in a good log house at O'Fallound's Bluff, near Ft. Heath, Nebraska, in 1865."This brief account of Mary Alice Brown's birth is from a fascinating autobiography written by her mother, Hester Ann Rogers
Brown. Mary Alice (Mollie) spent the first years of her life on the frontier. At the time she was born her parents, Mahlon H. and Hester Brown were managing the stage
station at O'Fallounds Bluff for Wells Fargo Express Company. In 1866 Mollie moved with her parents to North Platte, Nebraska. There was no regular stage station, but Mrs. Brown fed stage passengers at their ranch. Mary Alice started to school in North Platte. In 1871 he sold the cattle and the family moved to Omaha. There they leased the Metropolitan Hotel for the next five years. By 1876, Mr. Brown was again looking for a new frontier. He left the family and headed for the Black Hills of Dakota. In 1877 Mr. Brown returned to bring his family to Deadwood. Mollie came to the Black Hills with her family in a covered wagon in the fall of 1877. He built a new home for the family as well as many other homes in early
Deadwood. The family lived there for about five years, and then in 1882, moved to Lead. Mary Alice attended schools in Deadwood and Lead, and then returned to Omaha to
attend a girls' school, Brownell Hall. On May 25, 1890, she was married to W.H. Fawcett, in Lead, South Dakota. "Billy" Fawcett had served two terms as Postmaster in Lead, and was now part owner of the Fawcett-Delehant
Grocery. The family lived on Bleeker Street in Lead, where two children were born, Frank in 1891, and Fanny in 1893.
In 1900 the Fawcett family moved to the ranch on Stockade Beaver Creek in Weston County, Wyoming, which Mr. Fawcett had acquired in 1883. They lived there in a comfortable log cabin until 1904 when a large Victorian "bungalow" was built at a cost of $1200.00. Mary Alice Fawcett died on April 28, 1943, and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in
Newcastle.
"Weston County History, First Hundred Years"
Brown. Mary Alice (Mollie) spent the first years of her life on the frontier. At the time she was born her parents, Mahlon H. and Hester Brown were managing the stage
station at O'Fallounds Bluff for Wells Fargo Express Company. In 1866 Mollie moved with her parents to North Platte, Nebraska. There was no regular stage station, but Mrs. Brown fed stage passengers at their ranch. Mary Alice started to school in North Platte. In 1871 he sold the cattle and the family moved to Omaha. There they leased the Metropolitan Hotel for the next five years. By 1876, Mr. Brown was again looking for a new frontier. He left the family and headed for the Black Hills of Dakota. In 1877 Mr. Brown returned to bring his family to Deadwood. Mollie came to the Black Hills with her family in a covered wagon in the fall of 1877. He built a new home for the family as well as many other homes in early
Deadwood. The family lived there for about five years, and then in 1882, moved to Lead. Mary Alice attended schools in Deadwood and Lead, and then returned to Omaha to
attend a girls' school, Brownell Hall. On May 25, 1890, she was married to W.H. Fawcett, in Lead, South Dakota. "Billy" Fawcett had served two terms as Postmaster in Lead, and was now part owner of the Fawcett-Delehant
Grocery. The family lived on Bleeker Street in Lead, where two children were born, Frank in 1891, and Fanny in 1893.
In 1900 the Fawcett family moved to the ranch on Stockade Beaver Creek in Weston County, Wyoming, which Mr. Fawcett had acquired in 1883. They lived there in a comfortable log cabin until 1904 when a large Victorian "bungalow" was built at a cost of $1200.00. Mary Alice Fawcett died on April 28, 1943, and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in
Newcastle.
"Weston County History, First Hundred Years"
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