Stagecoach Mary

Her real name was Mary Fields, a rather iconic woman in U.S history. She was very proficient with firearms and towered over most men; standing around 6ft tall. The rifle in the photo is a Winchester 1876 Carbine, a firearm that even U.S President Theodore Roosevelt used on occasion.

In spite being born a slave during the Civil War, she eventually became the 2nd woman and 1st African American to work for the United States Postal Service. She got the nickname Stagecoach because she never missed a mail delivery and would carry the bags of mail over her shoulder even in deep snow just to make sure they arrived.

Why Children's Cartoons Should Be Taken Seriously

  • Danny Phantom:

    A 14-year-old boy with an already sucky life gets half-killed by his parents' stupidity, and has to try to keep up with his own life.

  • Fairly OddParents:

    A depressed 10-year-old is given a pair of magic fairies to help relieve him of all different forms of child abuse.

  • The Last Airbender:

    A 12-year-old boy is given the responsibility of saving the entire world by mastering a decade's worth of mystic skills in under a year.

  • The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy:

    Two children of undisclosed ages are confronted by death himself and make a deal with him, and go on a series of adventures in the underworld and are confronted by many deadly mythical creatures.

  • Adventure Time:

    The last surviving human of "The Mushroom War" lives in the post-apocalyptic land of Ooo with his adoptive brother, Jake, and battles evil and injustice.

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