tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post1011026408858058063..comments2024-01-20T16:49:46.154-08:00Comments on Soapy Smith's Soap Box: Soapy Smith and Mollie Walsh?Jeff Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-69596976440691269732012-03-14T18:18:23.653-07:002012-03-14T18:18:23.653-07:00Anonymous, if you research anything on Soapy Smith...Anonymous, if you research anything on Soapy Smith you need to read my book. Twenty-five years of research and packed full of new, never before published information, all backed by reliable sources. Here's the <a href="http://www.soapysmith.net/id50.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>Jeff Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-23277024999369287392012-03-14T17:26:19.981-07:002012-03-14T17:26:19.981-07:00Which is worse right? Someone who posts no refere...Which is worse right? Someone who posts no references or misrepresents their sources? No offense taken, I totally think this is completely fabricated. I was wondering if you knew how far this "relationship myth" went. It's just another story wrapped and fed to tourists... <br /><br />I have read Murder, Madness and Mystery and there are references to Soapy but no links like the author makes. As a current project I am looking into the references of a book about the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush era and am finding the "truth" has been stretched to say the least. Thanks for your response!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-19656888323457023692012-03-14T15:18:18.169-07:002012-03-14T15:18:18.169-07:00Hello, Anonymous.
Thank you for commenting. I loo...Hello, Anonymous.<br /><br />Thank you for commenting. I look forward to more of the same! <br /><br />As a serious historian I never take what I read for granted. Even when a story includes sources it does not mean the author followed the source, or that the source is reliable. The original story I posted above is a perfect example. I went to the <a href="http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa051001a.htm" rel="nofollow">Explorenorth.com</a> link you listed and found no sources for their facts. They did list an online magazine but going there showed no sources either.<br /><br />My point is this. How do these writers <b>know</b> Mollie Walsh "feared retaliation" from Soapy? Where did they get that information?<br /><br />Please understand that I am not trying to say you are wrong, or that your contribution is unworthy. I love history, and by your "doing research" I assume you love history as well. In my opinion a researching historian should always "question authority."Jeff Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-33494654595589043342012-03-14T14:03:02.224-07:002012-03-14T14:03:02.224-07:00In doing some research of my own I found this:
&q...In doing some research of my own I found this:<br /><br />"Born Mary Welsh, Mollie was a resourceful and independent young woman with a wanderlust and a love of frontiers. In 1890, at the age of 18, she left home for Butte, Montana, where she spent seven years. As soon as she heard about the discovery of gold in the Klondike, though, she packed her bags and headed north. She arrived in Skagway in 1897, and quickly became popular both as a waitress and for her participation in the humanitarian activities of the Union church. When her work with the church brought her into disfavour with Skagway gangster Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, she feared retaliation and moved up the White Pass Trail to a point near the North West Mounted Police post at Log Cabin, where she erected a grub tent."<br /><br />It is listed on http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa051001a.htm<br /><br />I'm sorry if you are aware of this already!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com