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    Only months before his death in 1941, Miriam Mathers’ son Charles registered for the military draft.
    Tragedy and triumph of the Goat Woman —...
    By Clark Fair • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Her quest for Alaska had begun, but another date with tragedy lay just around the corner

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    In about 1904, the full family of Arthur and Ellen Davidson (front row) posed for this family portrait. Miriam Davidson, the third born, is in the dark blouse on the right end of the back row; she is standing next to her older siblings, Cora and William. (Photo courtesy of the David Family Collection)
    Tragedy and triumph of the Goat Woman —...
    By Clark Fair • May 4, 2022 2:30 am

    Mathers was dead.

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    Photo by Clark Fair
Abby (Lancashire) Ala, seen here giving riding lessons in the early 2000s, was just a child when her mother befriended Miriam Mathers. Ala now lives on a portion of the old Mathers homestead.
    Tragedy and triumph of the Goat Woman —...
    By Clark Fair • April 29, 2022 2:30 am

    Mathers had only three cents in her purse when she arrived in Kenai

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    Although she applied for a patent to her homestead in 1948, the patent was not granted until 1953, three and a half years after her death.
    Tragedy and triumph of the Goat Woman —...
    By Clark Fair • April 13, 2022 2:30 am

    Florence Lorraine “Rusty” Lancashire first met her neighbor, the old Goat Woman, in the fall of 1948

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