1. Maggie Hall was a prostitute and brothel madam in the early history of Murray, Idaho, originally from Dublin, Ireland.
14 Facts About Maggie Hall
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Maggie Hall was born in Darwen, Lancashire, England, to an Irish father and mother, both of whom were well educated.
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The Maggie Hall family were tailors, and Thomas Maggie Hall moved his family to Manchester in hopes of growing his business.
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Maggie Hall arrived in New York City in 1870, according to the census taken in New York Harbor.
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Maggie Hall wanted a Catholic wedding, but Berdan wanted to get married immediately, and woke a city official who promptly married them.
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Berdan thought Maggie Hall too common a name for the wife of a man of wealth and position, so she changed her name to Mollie, which was a popular woman's name in the 1870s.
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Maggie Hall travelled to Chicago, Virginia City, Nevada, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, increasing the amount she charged for services as she went.
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Maggie Hall bought Mollie a trotting race horse named Maggie and a racehorse for himself named BG Burchard.
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Maggie Hall noticed a woman and child struggling in the snow, and decided to care for them, helping them and finding shelter for the night while the train carried on its journey.
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In Murray, Maggie Hall met a man named Philip O'Rourke and the two became longtime friends.
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On miners' payday, legend has it that Maggie Hall would fill a bathtub with water in the alley behind the brothel and invite miners to throw gold dust in it.
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Maggie Hall was known for her kindness and charity, gaining a reputation for aiding the hungry and homeless, and helping nurse the sick.
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Sacred To The Memory Of Maggie Hall Molly-B-Dam Died At Murray Jan.
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Maggie Hall contracted tuberculosis in October 1887 and died on 17 January 1888, aged 34.